Jacob Weisberg Quotes
Both Left and Right take pleasure in mildly persecuting those who fail to meet their civic ideals.
Quotes to Explore
-
Apartheid was in South Africa; now it has been transferred to Palestine.
-
I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
-
Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
-
It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on.
-
I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
-
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
-
It's where you come from that's the strange, exotic, quirky, mad place.
-
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and coming back with amazing stories. So telling stories for a living made sense to me.
-
If you're going to run a public company, be absolutely certain of what the parameters are, what the clarity is, that you can explain it to yourselves and explain it externally.
-
We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.
-
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
-
What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
-
You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them.
-
My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from four feet. I'm playing only about once or twice a month. Full-time job. Full-time father. Full-time blonde.
-
There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
-
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
-
It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.
-
Regarding Wikileaks, I have profound ambivalent feelings about it. I am a firm believer in a strong intelligence service. There's a need for classified information.
-
No matter how old we get, life's always got a lesson for you. Most likely one you've learned ten times before.
-
Having a body is in itself the greatest threat to the mind... The body encloses the mind in a fortress; before long the mind is besieged on all sides, and in the end the mind has to give itself up.
-
Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?"
-
When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system.
-
Financial independence means the freedom to choose.
-
Both Left and Right take pleasure in mildly persecuting those who fail to meet their civic ideals.
