George A. Romero Quotes

If you look to the few films that have been really successful, 'Insidious,' 'Paranormal Activity,' it's all basically the old monsters.

George A. Romero

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• The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Great
  • Different

• There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Song

• I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Up
  • Like
  • Feel

• I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • World
  • Events
  • Three

• Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Life
  • Human
  • Place

• My first encounter with Marx's writings came very early in life, as a result of the strange times I grew up in, with Greece exiting the nightmare of the neofascist dictatorship of 1967-74.

  

  Yanis Varoufakis
  • Life
  • Up
  • Strange

• I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Believe
  • True
  • I Believe

• All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.

  

  Pat Brown
  • Want
  • Win
  • Choose

• I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Space
  • Ship
  • Captain

• As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Up
  • Long
  • Remember

• I love holidaying with the kids after working hard, it is amazing.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Amazing

• I don't take myself seriously in the slightest, so it does amaze me that I've ended up being in all these very dark, sinister plays. But I love it because, touch wood, I'm lucky enough not to have that level of darkness in my life.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Life
  • Lucky
  • Take

• Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Man
  • Nothing
  • Straight

• Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Time
  • Sometimes
  • Sociology

• I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Time
  • Short
  • Three

• That is why we are working with these various groups that have volunteers. We can get a lot of these things done. Nobody has dropped out, and a lot of people would like to join. We now know what each other does.

  

  C. Everett Koop
  • People
  • Done
  • Why

• Every actor's deepest desire is to reach a huge audience. So, I don't look down upon commercial cinema... there's a beauty in it that you understand sooner or later.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Desire
  • Beauty
  • Down

• Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Value

• My job is to allow myself to be free. I go up on stage and I have to find the inner wild rock-star guy and let him out. That's what I get paid to do, and when I think about it, it's pretty mind-blowing. I don't have a quota I have to meet, I don't have a deadline - well, I have deadlines but they're loose - and I can be myself at the highest level.

  

  Pierre Bouvier Simple Plan
  • Job
  • Deadlines
  • Quota

• I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Think
  • Understanding
  • Patience

• The future of television is not on television but online. A majority of us are turning to our computers and mobile devices for news and entertainment, Millennials especially.

  

  Jason Calacanis
  • Future

• The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Work
  • Leader
  • Floor

• I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.

  

  Meg Cabot
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Done

• If you look to the few films that have been really successful, 'Insidious,' 'Paranormal Activity,' it's all basically the old monsters.

  

  George A. Romero