John A. Logan Quotes

I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

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• I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Comedy
  • Serious
  • Too

• I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Power
  • Know
  • Sometimes

• I completely get the drag thing.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Thing
  • Get
  • Drag

• In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • World
  • Business
  • Today

• At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Time
  • American
  • House

• I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'

  

  Ted Danson
  • Grateful
  • Cheers

• We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Time
  • Great
  • Society

• I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • Time
  • Experience
  • Future

• I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • People
  • Stupid
  • Treat

• You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Fun
  • Understand

• Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Want
  • You
  • Happiness

• I just don't watch a lot of TV.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Just
  • Watch
  • Lot

• It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • Great
  • Matter
  • Authority

• Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • Mind
  • Love
  • Peace

• I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Star
  • Fan

• I am very, very strict with my workout regimen; not so much with my food, because I'm always working out, so I can allow myself to be a bit more naughty!

  

  Barbara Fialho
  • Food
  • Working
  • Workout

• People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

  

  Madisen Beaty
  • People
  • Trying
  • Matter

• In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Life
  • Design
  • Wise

• I would die if Woody Allen ever called and said, 'Emma, I have a role for you.'

  

  Emma Roberts
  • Die

• We have to remind ourselves of this at every moment: that we are in a war, a cold war as they call it; a war where there is no front line, no continuous bombardment, but where the two adversaries - this tiny champion of the Caribbean and the immense imperialist hyena - are face to face and aware that one of them is going to end up dead in the fight.

  

  Che Guevara
  • Up
  • War
  • Cold

• Anytime I've had a big thing that's ever pierced and cut across the Internet, it was a fight for justice. Justice. And when you say justice, it doesn't have to be war. Justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly.

  

  Kanye West
  • People
  • War
  • Dream

• Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. You can never tell how a policy has been reached just by looking at the end result. Some people who have achieved a huge amount do not come across as impressive when you speak to them.

  

  Edward de Bono
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Creativity

• I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes.

  

  David Thewlis
  • People

• I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

  

  John A. Logan
  • War
  • Die