John Carmack Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
-
The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.
-
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
-
I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
-
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
-
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
-
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
-
I've tried my hardest to bribe my chef, but my team have been clever and hired someone who not only is not bribeable but who chases me round the house and makes sure I eat what he's cooked, and he lays out my vitamin pills and supplements in front of me so I can't 'forget' to take them.
-
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
-
I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
-
We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
-
I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
-
Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
-
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
-
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
-
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
-
I always tell women to use the fact that we offer a different point of view in a room full of men, to their advantage. Because we often stand out, we gain a unique platform to demonstrate our knowledge and capabilities.
-
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
-
I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off.
-
There were many factors as to why I decided to come out as being undocumented. One of them is because I look the way that I look; I don't look like the 'stereotypical undocumented' person.
-
It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.
-
We give the podium to a lot of people who shouldn't have the podium. The message that's delivered the loudest and in the most entertaining way is the one that we're going to put on because that's what we want. We want ratings more than we want to deliver information. That's just where the culture's gotten.
-
Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to understand the human personality in terms of the human body. Most previous explorations focused their investigations on the mind.
-
This is a bit more expensive than my previous turbo-Ferrari habit, but not too bad.
