Garth Stein Quotes
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
Quotes to Explore
-
Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
-
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
-
I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
-
I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
-
Second place is just the first place loser.
-
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.
-
We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
-
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
-
Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
-
I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems over a table, not over a battlefield.
-
I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
-
If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
-
It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
-
Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
-
Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
-
I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
-
I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
-
In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
-
'Grease' was my Broadway debut. That was eye-opening. At the same time, it was very familiar. It was a Broadway show, but it's kind of the same as doing a show in Minnesota. It's the same type of rehearsal process. You are doing 8 shows a week, but I worked at a theatre in Minnesota that did 11 shows a week.
-
The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted.
-
Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle.
-
I'm really good at bringing out greatness - in anybody. I don't even have to be in the studio. What a gift to be able to help people bring out the best qualities in them.
-
The first play I did was a funny one called 'The School for Wives', by Moliere. We were wearing the ugliest wigs and the worst costumes you can ever imagine to try to recreate 17th-century France in Singapore. But I got my first real pay cheque from that. I was very happy taking that cheque to the bank.
-
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
