Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes
I don't think people realize how much I love basketball. A lot of people think because of this idiotic comment I made that I love baseball and don't like basketball. Baseball came first because if you grew up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, that was the No. 1 thing. But if you have more than one kid, you love them both.
Quotes to Explore
-
A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
-
I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
-
In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
-
It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
-
One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
-
I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
-
I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
-
I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
-
There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
-
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
-
I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
-
I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
-
Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
-
You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
-
Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
-
It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
-
We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
-
A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
-
In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.
-
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
-
The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.
-
The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.
-
I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped to give goodness a bad name.
-
I don't think people realize how much I love basketball. A lot of people think because of this idiotic comment I made that I love baseball and don't like basketball. Baseball came first because if you grew up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, that was the No. 1 thing. But if you have more than one kid, you love them both.
