Peter Dinklage Quotes

Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice.

Peter Dinklage

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• The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • History
  • Nation
  • Immigrants

• Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Well
  • Lifestyle
  • Urban

• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Death
  • Government
  • Lying

• Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Time
  • Guy
  • Success

• As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Life
  • Literature
  • More

• One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Truth
  • Emotions
  • Own

• Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • People
  • Writing
  • Confidence

• The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • True
  • Labor
  • Source

• Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.

  

  C. C. H. Pounder
  • People
  • Powerful
  • Sound

• I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Think
  • You
  • Hollywood

• I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind trying to figure out the best way to be accessible.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Trying
  • Hope
  • Best

• When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • First
  • Greatest
  • Radio

• I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Work
  • Long
  • Talent

• 没有一个人民的军队，便没有人民的一切。

  

  Mao Zedong

• One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Free
  • Responsibility

• Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

  

  Alexander Pope
  • Age
  • Father
  • Savage

• No matter how much control kids get over the media they watch, they are still utterly powerless when it comes to the manufacturing of brands. Even a consumer revolt merely reinforces one's role as a consumer, not an autonomous or creative being.

  

  Douglas Rushkoff
  • Kids
  • Control

• I have a very normal life. I go to the grocery store, I go to Target. I don't have an assistant, I don't have an entourage.

  

  Angela Kinsey
  • Life

• In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.

  

  Ehud Olmert
  • Emotions
  • Israel
  • Tend

• I've been a fan of BET since I was a kid, growing up watching the awards, thinking that one day I would be there.

  

  Young M.A
  • Thinking
  • Growing
  • Would

• All early entrepreneurs fall prey to the same problem, which is everyone believes that if you are super intense in the beginning, work long hours, that you can create something quickly and that entrepreneurship is almost something that happens overnight.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • Work
  • Long
  • Fall

• As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.

  

  Eddie Charles Jones
  • Team
  • Difference
  • Budget

• Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice.

  

  Peter Dinklage