Frank Deford Quotes
By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its tent flaps this May of 2017. Yes, this is my swansong, my farewell, my last hurrah. Adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen.
Quotes to Explore
-
My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
-
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
-
Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
-
No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
-
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
-
I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
-
The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.
-
I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
-
I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
-
Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
-
North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.
-
I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
-
Success is the sweetest revenge.
-
I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?
-
I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
-
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
-
I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
-
He plants trees to benefit another generation.
-
I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
-
Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short.
-
When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people.
-
By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its tent flaps this May of 2017. Yes, this is my swansong, my farewell, my last hurrah. Adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen.
