James Mattis Quotes

It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.

James Mattis

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• I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Knowledge
  • Movies
  • Legacy

• Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • You
  • Know
  • Single

• There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Serious
  • Capitalism
  • Toward

• Everything is designed to help you sell out.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Help
  • You
  • Everything

• I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Travel

• To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • People
  • Life
  • Small

• I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Opportunity
  • Because
  • Window

• If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Stop
  • Always
  • Look

• I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.

  

  Imelda May
  • Life
  • Music
  • Hope

• It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.

  

  Caitlin Stasey
  • Work
  • Always
  • Down

• We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

  

  Carl Jung
  • World
  • Truth
  • Intelligence

• Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.

  

  Kate Mosse
  • I Can
  • Train
  • Bed

• Most of the Jewish refugees, stripped of their considerable possessions, came to Israel. They were welcomed by the Jewish state. They were given shelter and support, and they were integrated into Israeli society together with half a million survivors of the European Holocaust.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Together
  • Society
  • Support

• I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.

  

  Gabriel Basso
  • Love
  • Sports
  • Acting

• We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.

  

  Sam Wood
  • Change
  • Respect
  • Need

• In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Better
  • Look
  • Did

• James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.

  

  Gabe Newell

• The usual bad poem in somebody’s Collected Works is a learned, mannered, valued habit, a habit a little more careful than, and little emptier than, brushing one’s teeth.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Bad
  • Habit

• I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone's property.

  

  Martin Freeman

• You're the hope in the morning, you're the light when the night is falling, you're the song when my heart is singing, it's your love!

  

  Brandon Heath Knell
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Song

• The amplification of our diverse literary voices is a political act of resistance. Our lives are important, too. Our lives should be represented in our literature. And that literature is vital, compelling, and accessible. That literature deserves to be disseminated and noticed and available. And with respect to the dissemination and promotion of diverse voices - librarians, educators, and editors of literary journals play such an important role. They deserve not only a hearty shout out, but also our thanks and support.

  

  Daniel Olivas
  • Important
  • Political
  • Support

• Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.

  

  Kyrie Irving
  • Mind
  • Business

• and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it

  

  Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
  • Thinking
  • Sometimes
  • Wonder

• It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.

  

  James Mattis