George Gobel Quotes

My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago.

George Gobel

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• Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Business
  • Kings

• My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • She
  • Bad
  • Mom

• I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.

  

  Rahul Dravid
  • Intellectual
  • Intense
  • Cricketer

• I hate negative ads in general.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Hate
  • Negative
  • General

• No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Wall

• I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.

  

  Ted McGinley
  • Said
  • Genius
  • Hollywood

• I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially controversy.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Great
  • Feel
  • Conversation

• I really enjoy being an actor!

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Enjoy
  • Actor
  • Being

• I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

  

  Lasse Hallstrom
  • Trying
  • Think
  • Possible

• The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage...

  

  Yanis Varoufakis
  • Up
  • History
  • Small

• 'I sometimes think,' said the Eternal, 'that the stars never shine more brightly than when reflected in the muddy waters of a wayside ditch.'

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Shine

• I think I'm happier with that. $rubyometer += 0.3 or so.

  

  Larry Wall

• Alas! for him whose youthful fireIs vowed and wasted on the lyre,-Alas! for him who shall essay,The laurel's long and dreary way!Mocking will greet, neglect will chillHis spirit's gush, his bosom's thrill;And, worst of all, that heartless praiseEchoed from what another says.

  

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • Long
  • Heartless

• I'm a human being. I'm not dumping on what I've done. I mean I know we were doing social (stuff), all right? I just don't like boastin' about it, OK? I know what we were doin'. I know damn well what we did. But I ain't gonna start crying about it now, all right?

  

  Joe Strummer The Clash
  • Done
  • Crying

• You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

  

  Doc Rivers
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • Team

• You just have to do; you can't live by the rules of what you're supposed to do. I think every person is good at something, and you just have to push that forward.

  

  Diplo
  • Good
  • Live

• Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us.

  

  Kevin Garnett

• You can't be afraid to not have everything figured out. There's too much pressure on young people today to have it all figured out when they're in college.

  

  Charlie Trotter
  • People
  • Today
  • College

• I was in the seventh grade when I first began to identify as trans and express my gender identity as a girl. My social transition began with growing my hair and wearing clothes and makeup that made me feel like Destiny's Fourth Child.

  

  Janet Mock
  • Girl
  • Growing
  • Hair

• My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • Great
  • Know
  • Dad

• I love working with big flavors like chiles and smoke. Honey is perfect for softening the edges, mellowing them out a bit. I put it in everything - vinaigrettes, soups, stocks, salsas, so I'm always on the hunt for great honey.

  

  Bobby Flay
  • Great
  • Perfect

• Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.

  

  Irving Ravetch
  • Law
  • Sometimes
  • Try

• I'm not going to say I know a ton about what I'm looking at, but I enjoy capturing the photos and the artistry of it. I'm getting better at it, and I'll keep getting better.

  

  Jimmy Walker

• My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago.

  

  George Gobel
  • Drunk
  • Uncle
  • Lived