Douglas Brinkley Quotes
President Obama had a few historians at the White House for a couple of dinners. I was lucky enough to be one of those asked, and he was very interested in Ronald Reagan, and I came away feeling that.Douglas Brinkley
Quotes to Explore
-
I've been married over 50 years of my life.
T. Boone Pickens -
You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
Padma Lakshmi -
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
Edmund Burke -
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
Nathan Fillion -
Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
Sally Quinn -
To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
Otto Penzler
-
I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Kate Brown -
For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
Omari Hardwick -
At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The hard-line sanctions skeptics have their own self-interested reasons for opposing sanctions, but they ground their opposition in claims that America uses sanctions to inflict punishment for punishment's sake.
Samantha Power -
Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
Naftali Bennett -
I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
Patricia Ireland -
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
Inbee Park
-
I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen -
This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
Katey Sagal -
I don't mind playing spoiler.
Daniel Cormier -
Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
Ad Reinhardt -
I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
Paloma Picasso
-
I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
Lamar Hunt -
Ambitious people are the leaven which raises it into wholesome bread. Without ambitious people the world would never get up. They are busybodies who are about early in the morning, hammering, shouting, and rattling the fire-irons, and rendering it generally impossible for the rest of the house to remain in bed.
Jerome K. Jerome -
I do not want to do a role which is similar to the previous one or the concept and the genre.
Yami Gautam -
Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.
Jasper Carrott -
President Obama had a few historians at the White House for a couple of dinners. I was lucky enough to be one of those asked, and he was very interested in Ronald Reagan, and I came away feeling that.
Douglas Brinkley