Bryan Singer Quotes

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

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• I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

  Mandy Bujold
  • Research
  • Injury
  • Box

• Money just draws flies.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Money
  • Just
  • Flies

• I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Good
  • Think
  • Discipline

• The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Money
  • Nobody

• For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.

  

  Randy Travis
  • Soul
  • Peace
  • Wife

• The Hoosier way is quite simple - we work hard, and we live within our means.

  

  Dan Coats
  • Work
  • Live
  • Simple

• I am still fairly new to the whole social media thing - I am definitely tweeting and Facebooking. It's a nice way to connect with fans.

  

  Laura Mennell
  • Fans
  • Social Media
  • Connect

• Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Always
  • Suffering
  • Neurosis

• One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything.

  

  Valerie June
  • Up
  • School
  • Lost

• Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

  

  Barry Commoner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Education

• Don't wear dresses that are too tight. A size number is just a number. If the fit is comfortable, it will look more elegant.

  

  Tadashi Shoji
  • Look
  • Will
  • Dresses

• Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

  

  Saint Basil
  • Dog
  • Gratitude
  • Thankful

• Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Successful
  • Face
  • Adversity

• I think what turned me off of Christianity as a kid, and what I think turns other people off, is the thought that you have to sacrifice being cool to believe in God.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • People
  • God
  • Believe

• I'm interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • People
  • Money
  • Give

• I would define the new aspects of fatherhood like this: It is 75 percent amazing and 25 percent demoralizing. I think any new parent can understand exactly what I'm talking about.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Think
  • Amazing
  • Parent

• Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • People
  • Like
  • Enjoy

• I grew up loving computers and math, actually. I also loved English literature and French, but I became obsessed with computers when the Apple II was coming out.

  

  Parker Harris
  • Up
  • English
  • Literature

• America is the only high income nation without a paid family leave program. This means that if you or a family member gets sick, there is no guarantee that you can take the time you need to take care of yourself or your loved one, leaving already vulnerable families in the position of making hard decisions in cases of illness.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Time
  • Family
  • America

• The great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre wastes.

  

  Willa Cather
  • Humans
  • Facts
  • Littles

• This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't.

  

  David Suzuki
  • Life
  • Home
  • Water

• Hard paywalls will never work because, just like at a newsstand, the reader likes to browse the cover and a few articles before choosing to buy. Even if the material is truly unique, a consumer likes to try a little before buying.

  

  Andrew Ross Sorkin
  • Work
  • Unique

• I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

  

  Bryan Singer