Donald E. Westlake Quotes

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Donald E. Westlake

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• I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.

  

  Paolo Gentiloni
  • Commitment
  • Determination

• When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.

  

  Dan Bartlett
  • Work
  • Down
  • Work Hard

• To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.

  

  Falk Hentschel
  • Love
  • Guy
  • Community

• I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.

  

  Ice Cube
  • World
  • Way
  • Respect

• There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.

  

  Pamela Stephenson
  • Think
  • Serious
  • Impression

• The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Challenge
  • Goal
  • Opinions

• I've always had problems with guys!

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Always
  • Problems
  • Had

• The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Truth
  • Nature
  • Earth

• When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Air
  • Cold
  • Sick

• I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you're out of the movie.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Guy

• One thing I think kids need to do is more chores, and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it.

  

  Faith Ford
  • Important
  • Kids
  • Care

• Those who own much have much to fear.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Fear
  • Own
  • Those

• I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.

  

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy
  • Up
  • Family
  • Kids

• I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Up
  • Music
  • Myself

• I worked so hard to be so versatile in so many different things. There’s just not a lot of girls who can do ballet and flips and break dance and crazy hip-hop moves. So I would really encourage young dancers and actors to work to be as versatile as possible.

  

  Rachele Brooke Smith
  • Work
  • Different
  • Crazy

• Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Real
  • Business
  • Success

• What was he doing, the great god Pan,Down in the reeds by the river?Spreading ruin and scattering ban,Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat,And breaking the golden lilies afloatWith the dragon-fly on the river.

  

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Great
  • God
  • Fly

• Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine,And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?

  

  Lord Byron

• Change cannot come from one politician, it has to come from each one of us and not just for today...it's a gradual process. Let's be responsible & work towards it.

  

  Akshay Kumar
  • Work
  • Today

• I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

  Andrew Jarecki
  • People
  • Humanity

• Joy is your birthright.

  

  Sarah Ban Breathnach
  • Joy
  • Birthright

• Look, it's moving. It's alive, it's alive, it's alive. It's moving. It's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive!

  

  Garrett Fort
  • Moving

• I'm inspired to write songs by all kinds of things. Good sex with a good man, that might inspire a song. Bad sex - that might inspire a different kind of song.

  

  Marion Hall
  • Good
  • Different
  • Bad

• If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

  

  Donald E. Westlake