James Gray Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
-
And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night.
-
And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
-
I like that whole cop-comedy type of drama.
-
If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.
-
When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.
-
Maybe I am just a jerk.
-
On game day, if I eat fruit - I usually eat fruit in the mornings - I have to have three pieces of cantaloupe, three pieces of pineapple. Everything's in threes.
-
My views as an individual ought not to be confused with my views as a scientist - the minute you try to mingle God and science, you get into trouble. Metaphysics has its place, and science has its place; don't mix the two.
-
I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased.
-
There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.
-
It is only when the partisan shouting stops that we can hear each other's voices and concerns.
-
There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.
-
Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive?
-
That was not what men and women fought for during the war.
-
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
-
I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?
-
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.
-
I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.
-
Much of the message that I try to put across to students is that they have to figure out what they really like to do and find a way to do that as an adult for their jobs. A lot of people have jobs they don't like, and it makes for very unhappy people. So I tell them if you like to write, or run around, or dig in the dirt, then find a job that will allow you to do that, and you'll be happy.
-
Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.
-
Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed Iraq, it would control the oil of the Middle East and consequently hold the oil in its hands [and] fix its price the way it likes.
-
I just feel like you're being realistic if you can laugh at yourself.
-
The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.
