Joe Dante Quotes

I think 'Pan's Labyrinth' is genius.

Joe Dante

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• The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • Today
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  • Humanities

• Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.

  

  Jack Keane
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• One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'

  

  Damian Marley
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• I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • Children
  • Reading
  • Voice

• Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • Job
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• My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?

  

  Edie Falco
  • Children
  • Why
  • Kids

• It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Good
  • Different
  • Money

• In chess, we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people play. So I'm trying to know my opponent as much as possible.

  Garry Kasparov
  • People
  • Trying
  • Chess

• On his bold visage middle ageHad slightly pressed its signet sage,Yet had not quenched the open truthAnd fiery vehemence of youth;Forward and frolic glee was there,The will to do, the soul to dare,The sparkling glance, soon blown to fire,Of hasty love or headlong ire.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Soul
  • Fire
  • Bold

• Sometimes they seem like living shapes, - The people of the sky, - Guests in white raiment coming down From heaven, which is close by; I call them by familiar names, As one by one draws nigh.

  

  Lucy Larcom
  • People
  • Heaven
  • Sky

• My constant goal is to create clothing that applies to the lifestyle of my customers. My clothing must be aesthetically pleasing in color, texture, and construction. Rapid changes are a part of fashion, and the demands of the industry are that I remain fluid and versatile. But my aesthetic requirements will always be the same.

  

  Leon Max
  • Fashion
  • Color
  • Aesthetic

• As long as you're not hurting anybody else, as long as you're being kind to people and you're doing what you love, only good things can come of it.

  

  Jason Silva
  • People
  • Good
  • Long

• The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.

  

  Afrika Bambaataa
  • Mother
  • Earth

• I'm not only a fan of Apple products, I have stock in the company. I think Steve Jobs has started one of the greatest corporations in the world.

  

  Robert James Ritchi
  • World
  • Stock

• I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.

  

  Philippe Petit
  • High
  • Walking

• Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.

  

  Lina Wertmuller
  • Women
  • Party
  • Attitude

• When people consume, they want more. Then they choose the best, and you suddenly get innovation coming in. Now combine that with desperation and people wanting to get a better life: you have a potent combination for innovation.

  

  Anand Mahindra
  • People
  • Life
  • Innovation

• When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which had the side effect of turning my skin green. Looking like Shrek's little sister at school wasn't the easiest thing.

  

  Jessie J
  • School
  • Green
  • Sister

• With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Labyrinth

• I still get recognized for 'Labyrinth' by little girls in the weirdest places. I can't believe they still recognize me from that movie. It's on TV all the time, and I guess I pretty much look the same.

  

  Jennifer Connelly
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Movie

• The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.

  

  William Ernest Henley
  • Kind
  • Mystery
  • Appearance

• Basically what my mom told me - I was extremely shy, I didn't have any girlfriends 'til I was 21 - my mom would see me suffering and tell me, "Just focus on your school, study very hard, and some day you will be successful and you can use all the resources that you have to a dating advantage." Ultimately, I took that advice and turned it into dating sites.

  

  Brandon Wade
  • School
  • Focus
  • Successful

• Time flies when you are having fun.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Time
  • Fun
  • Flies

• I think 'Pan's Labyrinth' is genius.

  

  Joe Dante
  • Labyrinth