Phil Knight Quotes

I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.

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• The most important thing to me with any politician is that they don't start wars, but education is a big part of that, too, because educated people are less likely to do stupid, violent things.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • People
  • Important
  • Education

• Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Hope
  • Quality
  • Class

• Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.

  

  Zhang Yin
  • Day
  • Like
  • Queen

• Haredi youth are smart, and they are going to bring a big benefit to the high-tech industry.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • High
  • Smart
  • Youth

• I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what's right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

  

  Tammy Baldwin
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Powerful

• I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Different
  • Past
  • Simple

• After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.

  

  Oren Peli
  • Movie
  • Watch
  • Ghosts

• Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Why
  • Art

• See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • See
  • Surprise
  • Awards

• I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.

  

  Florence Green
  • Up
  • Opportunity
  • Flying

• Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.

  

  Caleb Deschanel
  • Great
  • Right
  • Shine

• I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Political
  • Responsibility
  • Selfish

• You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
  • You
  • Die
  • Craft

• I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Believe
  • Power
  • Literature

• Yeah, I'm a spiritual person.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Spiritual
  • Person
  • Yeah

• To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Dishonest

• I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Up
  • Time
  • Why

• I think everybody at IBM knows the early 1990s disaster, and it's in our fabric that you cannot miss the ship.

  

  Samuel J. Palmisano
  • Think
  • Disaster
  • Ship

• I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

  

  Jeff Baena
  • People
  • Experience
  • Strong

• I adore the classical pieces of our culture. The Greek and Roman are still inside and everywhere; it's impossible to disconnect.

  

  Alessandro Michele
  • Culture
  • Greek

• I'd say we Apple Inc. are the most creative of the technology companies and definitely the most artist-friendly. Almost everyone in the music business uses a Mac and everyone has an iPod.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • iPod
  • Mac
  • Technology companies

• Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

  

  Samuel Johnson

• I was deliciously happy filming True Blood. I even kept all the scripts in my office, which I never do with any script. Although I did shred them all in one go when the series finished; it seemed like a ritual, somehow.

  

  Michelle Forbes
  • Office
  • Scripts
  • Finished

• I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.

  

  Phil Knight