Jim Henson Quotes
People shouldn't come expecting to see the Muppets because they are not here. This is something else.
Quotes to Explore
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I don't feel closeted.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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I don't think I would want to do an animated movie because I've already made so many hours of animation that what's the point? I'd want something new and weird to challenge me in a different way.
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I've been very fortunate in animation - when I get on a project, people tend to keep me, so I have long stays of work rather than bouncing around.
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Let’s summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. That’s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.
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Nothing in the world causes more problems than concepts of ethnic virtue. It's irrelevant.
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Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize it as a Ghanaian name. They come up to me and are always so excited. You don't think about it, but they really absorb American culture.
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People shouldn't come expecting to see the Muppets because they are not here. This is something else.
