Jeff Cooper Quotes
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.Jeff Cooper
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
Parker Stevenson -
It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
Sam Graves -
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
Edmund White -
I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
Rachel Weisz -
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
Jacob Bronowski -
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
Aaron Koblin
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
Carlos Ponce -
Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
Ted Danson -
Our career had a sort of funny shape.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore -
We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
Tamara Ecclestone -
When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.
Sam Graves
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
Hale Irwin -
When one guy undermines the other, it only causes trouble, and the team isn't successful. It's very important for both of us to accept our role and help the team. One guy can get hot, and if that's Alex, I'll support him and help any way I can.
Ed Belfour -
If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
Adam McKay -
I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
Oliver Sacks -
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Yogi Berra -
Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
Lance Reddick
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In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
T. R. Knight -
It's not easy to stand out as a young artist.
Chris Lane -
I have to remember the good people in the world outnumber the bad people. I think when you start to feel frustrated or you have no hope left in humanity or whatever, you've got to just remember that there are people out there who are working incredibly hard to get a positive message across.
Bethany Cosentino -
No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner.
Bruce McCulloch -
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.
Jeff Cooper