Phil Gramm Quotes
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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Phenomenology is not a philosophy; it is a philosophical method, a tool. It is like an adjustable spanner that can be used for dismantling a refrigerator or a car, or used for hammering in nails, or even for knocking somebody out.
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General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
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A man who contradicts himself may have succeeded in exercising his vocal chords. But from the point of view of imparting information, of communicating facts (or falsehoods) it is as if he had never opened his mouth. He utters words, but does not say anything.
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From a very young age, I suspected there was more to my world than I could see: somewhere in the streets of Istanbul, in a house resembling ours, there lived another Orhan so much like me he could pass for my twin, even my double.
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Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We have great universities that are involved in technological change and progress. We have an entrepreneurial culture, much more than almost any other country.
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I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
