James Sinegal Quotes

The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.

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• It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Great
  • Day

• I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Love
  • Myself
  • Dark

• I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Strong
  • Like
  • Look

• I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone called and was asked, 'Would I like to do 'CSI'?' A week later, I'm at a coroner's office in Las Vegas, participating in a quadruple autopsy.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Home
  • Beautiful
  • Ocean

• I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Marketing
  • Research
  • Saying

• The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.

  

  Karen Traviss
  • History
  • Eyes
  • View

• Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • Trust
  • Progress
  • Goals

• Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Important
  • Think
  • Comedy

• You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • You
  • Feel
  • Clothes

• All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.

  

  Banksy
  • History
  • Stop
  • Start

• The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.

  

  Harold Nicolson
  • Man
  • Question
  • Human

• Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.

  

  Lactantius
  • Truth
  • Human
  • Information

• Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn't look at the balance sheet. I'd watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I'd say this is a good company worth investing in.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Good
  • Team
  • Balance

• I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Think
  • Situation
  • Worst

• While I was held prisoner, sweet inspiration educated me and laws were imparted to me in a speech which had no words...

  

  Taliesin
  • Words
  • Inspiration
  • Sweet

• Now we can cross the Shifting Sands.

  

  L. Frank Baum

• In fact the hardest part is trying to forget music when I'm not conducting it.

  

  Lorin Maazel
  • Music
  • Trying

• All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ['ifraat,' or doing something to excess] and conservatism ['tafreet,' or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path.

  

  Mohammed Omar
  • Middle
  • Conservatism
  • Moderates

• It astounds me that I just keep getting better. I'm going to keep believing in myself and realize that look at Annika, when she was winning two, three tournaments a year, people were like, well, how much better can she get? I think, why can't I do that.

  

  Cristie Kerr
  • Believe
  • Winning
  • Tournaments

• If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

  

  Ben Cohen
  • Injustice
  • Complain
  • Energies

• Well, you sort of get out of the pool room, you get out of the Marine Corps, you get out and read some literature, you become involved with people who also want to know and are ready to share some ideas about literature and thoughts, and it becomes nourished that way.

  

  Harvey Keitel
  • Ideas
  • Thoughts
  • Literature

• My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Family
  • Together
  • Dad

• The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.

  

  James Sinegal