Jimmy Iovine Quotes

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Jimmy Iovine

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• I live in the moment, and I reflect later.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Live
  • Moment
  • Reflect

• I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • People
  • Important
  • Long

• People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

  

  Vera Wang
  • People
  • Fashion
  • End

• Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Fall
  • Speak
  • Communication

• Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Beautiful
  • Beautiful Woman

• Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.

  

  Aaron Johnson
  • Up
  • Rock
  • Couple

• I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Music
  • Watch
  • Press

• My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Favorite
  • Were
  • Anne

• At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • School
  • Kids
  • American

• I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • World
  • Job
  • Lost

• The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Father
  • Me
  • King

• My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Game
  • Hand
  • Focus

• Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You're vulnerable if you're on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you're not injured, face 'em off, be authoritarian with it, and look 'em in the eye.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Up
  • High
  • Pretty

• I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Relationship
  • Friend
  • Speak

• Self-respect knows no considerations.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Respect
  • Knows
  • Self-respect

• I've spent many a long flight talking to flight attendants, trying to understand what kind of employment experience underlies such a consistent lack of concern for customers.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Long
  • Trying
  • Experience

• I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.'

  

  Larry Hagman
  • World
  • Family
  • Father

• Obviously I know if you're putting yourself out there, saying, 'Hey! Listen to my music!,' with pictures of yourself in the magazines, then people are going to judge you. 'I hate her music. I hate her hair. I hate her production. I hate her videos.' Fine: don't care. That's the great thing about art: it's not for everyone.

  

  FKA twigs
  • People
  • Great
  • Music

• Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.

  

  Bill Rancic
  • Business
  • Learning
  • Trump

• Art can be a medium for people to discover universal spirit, with imagery not isolated to one particular wisdom path, but pointing to the underlying truth that they all transmit.

  

  Alex Grey
  • People
  • Art
  • Truth

• Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

  

  Jim Rohn
  • Believe
  • Men

• Teacher, teacher, I declare, I see your purple underwear.

  

  Allan Sherman
  • Teacher
  • Purple
  • Underwear

• I followed my wanderlust. It bruised me sometimes, and took me to all kinds of highs. Now that my thirst is slaked, I get to start anew.

  

  Elisabeth Eaves
  • Kind
  • Sometimes
  • Bruised

• Curation is everything.

  

  Jimmy Iovine