Jake Tapper Quotes

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

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• He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Party
  • Government
  • Feel

• I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Real
  • Father
  • Career

• I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • Good
  • Think
  • Carpenter

• My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.

  

  Park Bo-gum
  • Dream
  • Myself
  • Singing

• Ignoring facts does not make them go away.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Facts
  • Away
  • Ignoring

• I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • People
  • Guy
  • Think

• How did I feel as a guy who was making a movie about a single mom who's a crackhead? That - I was scared. I mean, it was scary. But part of that's because it was so personal and real to me.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Real
  • Movie
  • Guy

• I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Practice
  • Better
  • See

• On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Two
  • Abortion
  • Fence

• I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Family
  • Heart

• If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Work
  • Family
  • New

• I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about. My father, before I was born, had been gassed in the first World War, and I wanted to know why there were wars, why people hurt each other, why we couldn't get along together, and what made people tick. That's why I started to write stories.

  

  Madeleine L'Engle
  • People
  • World
  • Why

• Justice doesn’t exist! We did worse things. Nobody deserves to go to that place, Alec said. Anyway, weren’t you Christian types supposed to forgive everybody?I will shed no tears for that bastard’s damnation, said Nicholas stonily.No wonder nobody’s left that believes in your stupid religion, said Alec.

  

  Kage Baker
  • Christian
  • Justice
  • Wonder

• If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can.

  

  Larry Wall

• He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Wishes

• One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.

  

  Jeanette Winterson
  • People
  • Life

• My goal is always to keep my ears as wide open as possible.

  

  Daniel Hope

• Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.

  

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz
  • Law
  • Health

• Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

  

  David Macaulay
  • Life
  • Up
  • Work

• The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.

  

  Major Owens
  • Time
  • Long
  • Money

• No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.

  

  Bret Easton Ellis
  • Writing
  • Happy
  • Joy

• Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

  

  Jake Tapper