Peggy Whitson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
-
I worked with Ismail Merchant on 'The Mystic Masseur,' I did 'Sakina's Restaurant,' I've done plays, I've been on Broadway, I've done movies, I've done TV... but nothing has had the pop culture penetrative impact as 'The Daily Show' has. It's the nature of the beast.
-
Ferrari gives you a special feeling.
-
I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters' audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.
-
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
-
We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world.
-
The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.
-
Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.
-
My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him.
-
When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
-
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
-
You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
-
What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
-
In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.
-
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
-
I'd have to say that Muay Thai is something special. It's really demanding and it's becoming popular all around the world.
-
Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am a writer, not a caterer. There are plenty of caterers. But what children most want and need is what we and they don't know they want and don't think they need, and only writers can offer it to them.
-
Men who fight wars in Winter don’t live till Spring.
-
If you know your game, you can handle pressure; you can handle any kind of situation, back yourself, and play your own game and get success.
-
What are the next steps in the war against terrorism? And beyond immediate next steps, what is the longer-range plan of action? And finally, what should be done to deal with root causes of this threat?
-
We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way of businesses that are trying to reinvest to get our economy back on its feet.
-
We're lucky enough, especially in these 'Madagascar' films, to be working with some of the best people in the industry, who are not only great actors, but great comedians and improvisers and filmmakers. And they then become a part of creating their characters.
-
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
-
I don't sing in the shower.
