George C. Wolfe Quotes

Something that can be so vital at one point can be inconsequential at another. I'm just intrigued by that phenomenon.

George C. Wolfe

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • California
  • Environmental

• People in my confirmation process, on the right and the left, really loved that idea of having someone who's going to be in meetings arguing on behalf of the dignity of people who sometimes aren't represented in meetings. But by the same token, they have somewhat unrealistic expectations that I can kind of make my own policy.

  

  Samantha Power
  • People
  • Same
  • Meetings

• We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.

  

  Gary Locke
  • Chinese
  • Investment
  • Open

• There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Work
  • Country
  • Year

• It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Culture
  • Books
  • Hip Hop

• A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Men
  • Gentleman
  • Wolf

• As my blog editor knows all too well, I wasn't all that keen to enter the blogosphere world.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • World
  • Well
  • Editor

• A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.

  

  Zendaya
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Day

• The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Possible
  • Outside
  • Welfare

• I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Speak
  • Act
  • Through

• When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Money
  • Home
  • Baseball

• I like challenges, I like that fear you feel for something new, and with a new director, I think it's very important to always support new projects.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • Important
  • Fear
  • Support

• A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement.

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • God
  • Think
  • Friend

• I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Beautiful
  • Nice
  • Places

• I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Home
  • Pet

• I wonder wonder why the wonder falls I wonder why the wonder falls on me I wonder wonder why the wonder falls With everything I touch and hear and see

  

  Andy Partridge
  • Why
  • Wonder

• You know, I have written about this and described it in many different settings, and I did misspeak the other day. This has been a very long campaign.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Different
  • Long

• Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.

  

  David Suzuki
  • Technology

• Resume? I wish I had a resume. And if I did, I wouldn't scrub anything from it. Who cares?

  

  Anders Holm
  • Wish

• There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • You
  • Know
  • Just

• The price we sell things for is not important. What is important is we sell art that has to be replaced. You become good in art by doing art. The more you sell, the more you must produce.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Important
  • Art
  • Price

• I give out similar advice all the time: Take a month to write down where your money is going. By the end, you'll have a road map that tells you where you can cut back.

  

  Jean Chatzky
  • Time
  • Money
  • Road

• Something that can be so vital at one point can be inconsequential at another. I'm just intrigued by that phenomenon.

  

  George C. Wolfe