Jacob Lew Quotes

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

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• My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Mother
  • Singing
  • Brother

• A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

  

  Fletcher Knebel
  • Man
  • Decision
  • Find

• I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Country
  • Want
  • Rest

• I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • Life
  • Work
  • Kids

• I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Book
  • Help
  • You

• I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.

  

  Caleb Landry Jones
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Action

• There's only one thing you can do in bankruptcy: break your word, break your deals. It allows you to say to the small businesses, who have been catering lunches for you, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.' It allows you to go to the workers and say, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.'

  

  Barney Frank
  • You
  • Small
  • Sorry

• I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that had held previous experience in that particular satellite. So, I was in that, in a good position then.

  

  Umberto Guidoni
  • People
  • Good
  • Experience

• I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I enjoy also beginning a new book. It's like being someone else.

  

  J. M. G. Le Clezio
  • Country
  • Book
  • Beginning

• I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • House
  • Song
  • Friend

• A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Long

• In listing these tendencies making for a new world, we must not forget developments in the religious or spiritual thinking and feeling of mankind, where also we feel a strong unifying trend.

  

  Emily Greene Balch
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Strong

• Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial.

  

  Matthew Desmond

• I've got a radio that occasionally I listen to. It's portable. It's got an antenna. I've put a piece of aluminum foil on it that gives me a little bit better reception. And a refrigerator.

  

  Burt Shavitz

• You can't go wrong with relatively simple comfort food. It's also about ease. Some cook to impress. I cook for people to enjoy the food.

  

  Al Roker
  • People
  • Food
  • Simple

• I've always been a serial monogamist.

  

  Kristen Bell

• With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.

  

  Phoebe Snow
  • Time
  • Music
  • Money

• The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits and vegetables while low in sodium. It is also enriched with olive oil, high in antioxidants as well as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.

  

  David Perlmutter
  • High

• There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

  

  Helen Keller
  • Life
  • Slave
  • Ancestor

• It isn't enough to pick a path—you must go down it. By doing so, you see things you couldn't possibly see when you started out; you may not like what you see, some of it may be confusing, but at least you will have, as we like to say, "explored the neighborhood." The key point here is that even if you decide you're in the wrong place, there is still time to head toward the right place.

  

  Edwin Catmull
  • Place
  • Neighborhood
  • Confusing

• Other writers tell me about these bushel baskets delivered at the front door. If I've gotten 50 letters over the last 18 years, I'd be surprised.

  

  Charles McCarry
  • Door

• I'm particularly fond of the Mulholland Fountain, at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard, when it turns colors at night.

  

  Janet Fitch
  • Night

• My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.

  

  Jonathan Anderson
  • Music
  • Children
  • Singing

• The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

  

  Jacob Lew