Mason Cooley Quotes

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

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• The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.

  

  Imre Lakatos
  • Successful
  • Research
  • Theory

• I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

  

  J. Carter Brown
  • Important
  • Question
  • Luck

• I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Want
  • Successful
  • Look

• I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Want
  • Years
  • Saying

• From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Country
  • Business
  • Experience

• When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • Happy
  • Space
  • Win

• We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by this idea of solitude.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Music
  • House
  • Player

• No, I'll stay Ice-T. This is what got me here, I'm always going to stay true to that. If it weren't for hip-hop I wouldn't be doing all these other things.

  

  Ice T
  • True
  • Me
  • Doing

• If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • World
  • Good
  • Good Person

• I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Growing

• I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

  

  Oskar Schindler
  • Power
  • Now
  • Defeat

• My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel and his driver, and thus began a long series of jokes and competitions to alleviate the impossible hours and tensions this film provoked.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Long
  • Home
  • Same

• I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • People
  • Life
  • Family

• What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.

  

  Harold Washington
  • Success
  • Action
  • Government

• With us, people caught on to something on our third album, and that will never be repeated. Basically, I don't really have any complaints about the way that Beach House has grown. I feel like we're still in control of what we're doing, and it's a great time in our existence.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• Nature is not human hearted.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Nature
  • Human
  • Hearted

• I am sorry that my convictions do not allow me to repeat my friend’s offer, said one of the others. But I have had to abandon the humanitarian and egalitarian fancies. His name was Mr. Neo-Classical.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Friend
  • Sorry

• No one is exempt from talking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.

  

  Anthony de Mello
  • Great

• Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Life
  • Want
  • Sometimes

• If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • Children
  • Society
  • Health

• I think that's it's really important to have good friends. Nowadays, you can text 24 hours a day and be in constant contact, but every once in a while, it's nice to just get out with your girlfriends and have fun.

  

  Amanda Schull
  • Good
  • Important
  • Friends

• I'm not scared of spiders at all. I'm the spider killer in the house.

  

  Gigi Hadid
  • House
  • Scared
  • Killers

• My daughter, Jennifer Grey, was in 'Dirty Dancing,' which was shot in the Catskill Mountains, where the great old Jewish entertainers used to appear. It was the first time she'd been to the Borscht Belt, and I don't think she's been back since.

  

  Joel Grey
  • Time
  • Great
  • She

• Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

  

  Mason Cooley