John Grant Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
-
Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.
-
For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
-
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
-
I've been obsessed with Opening Ceremony since I moved to New York. I've spent whole paychecks there.
-
I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.
-
My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
-
Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
-
America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
-
I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.
-
Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.
-
I love honest men, and a I love a man who is loyal to women.
-
Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.
-
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
-
Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage. It is a town of enormous charm that reminds some visitors of the Caribbean more than India.
-
Remember, your vote is not a wasted vote. Vote with your heart and think about the future generations the next time you vote.
-
If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.
-
From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big, bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'
-
Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again...
-
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.
-
President Obama has never summarized the Obama Doctrine with such clarity, but here is what it would look like: 'I will undertake any military attack against our enemies, regardless of the risks and collateral damage, so long as it is over by the time I have to announce it.'
-
In their infancy, startups need geniuses who fit their current tight-knit culture and will iterate quickly as they push towards an ambitious vision - and they need a scaffolding of advisors, strategists, early users, and product-thinkers around these savants to guide them.
-
What I get really excited about are movies that I connect with emotionally. 'Deliverance' was on TV, and they don't really make movies like that anymore, just simple and scary. The truly scary thing is, 'I'm going to threaten your life, I'm going to threaten the people you love. What are you going to do about it?'
-
I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion.
