John Abbott Quotes

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• As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

  

  Jack Henry Abbott
  • Dead
  • Ghost
  • Civil

• There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • God
  • Universe
  • Chance

• It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • People
  • Why
  • Sound

• 2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Believe
  • Crazy
  • Same

• There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Different
  • Mind

• I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Trying
  • Girl
  • California

• The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Problem
  • Potential
  • Israel

• If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • You
  • Moment
  • Living

• Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Play
  • Devil
  • Sword

• None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Want
  • Understand
  • Delay

• We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • End
  • Moment
  • Memorable

• Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

  

  P. Chidambaram
  • Society
  • Growth
  • Panacea

• I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.

  

  Jack Reed
  • Goal
  • Serve
  • Aspiration

• My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'

  

  Candace Cameron Bure
  • Life
  • Family
  • Business

• There's a huge impact on national security and intelligence. The new normal is going to be more and more of these hacks, whether it's Target or Home Depot or the Office of Personnel Management or Jennifer Lawrence's nude photos.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Home
  • Management
  • Intelligence

• It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Good
  • Consumers
  • Retail

• The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Good
  • Start
  • Battles

• For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Why
  • Suffering
  • Sin

• My credit card company calls me if it looks like I've bought too many hoodies and cargo pants for my kid at Old Navy.

  

  Christy Lemire
  • Company
  • Credit Card

• I never dreamed I’d get the opportunity [of the honor court]

  

  Carl McCoy
  • Opportunity
  • Never
  • Dreamed

• If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Live
  • Beautiful
  • Responsibility

• 'Alice Cooper, Christian: ‘The World Belongs to Satan’' Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com, December 31, 2014.

  

  Alice Cooper
  • World
  • Christian
  • Satan

• Business cycles naturally entail peaks and troughs in employment, and socially responsible businesses should follow successful examples like Coca-Cola, Alcoa, Saudi Aramco, Africa Rainbow Minerals, and Google in working toward mitigating joblessness and enhancing people's abilities to earn a livelihood.

  

  Klaus Schwab
  • People
  • Business
  • Rainbow

• It is essential to view learning as a total community responsibility.

  

  John Abbott
  • Community
  • Learning
  • Responsibility