John Catsimatidis Quotes

We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.

John Catsimatidis

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• I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Great
  • Done
  • Movies

• The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • People
  • Up
  • Fight

• You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?

  

  Walter Payton
  • Life
  • Game
  • Mistake

• The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Movie
  • Wisdom
  • Gay

• I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • People
  • Believe
  • Girl

• The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Life
  • Music
  • Reality

• Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Kid
  • Crush
  • Biggest

• Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Life
  • Real
  • Experience

• Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Purpose
  • Vote
  • Voting

• There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Want
  • Way
  • Person

• I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Character
  • Book

• I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

  

  Kate Mulgrew
  • Life
  • Rich
  • Personal

• I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Time
  • Strong
  • Strong Woman

• The crazy thing about the dab is like - dance moves, once you create them, they last forever.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • You
  • Crazy
  • Forever

• I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.

  

  B. B. King
  • Different
  • Love
  • Like

• Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Live
  • High
  • Freedom

• My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Balance
  • Theory
  • Key

• Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • Up
  • Think
  • Nice

• I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
  • Life
  • Love
  • Radio

• From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

  

  Jim Doyle
  • Cutting

• It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages.

  

  Christine Taylor
  • Great
  • Different
  • Kids

• I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me.

  

  Mariah Carey
  • Years
  • Lip

• When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those who are already retired. Once you understand this, you see that whether you will get the benefits you are counting on when you retire depends on whether Congress will levy enough taxes, borrow enough, or print enough money.

  

  W. Allen Wallis
  • Money
  • Pay
  • Retirement

• We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.

  

  John Catsimatidis
  • Kids