George Jean Nathan Quotes

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

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• I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
  • Good
  • Sleep

• Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Words
  • Light
  • Speak

• I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Myself
  • Risk
  • Doing

• It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • World
  • Important
  • Changes

• I wasn't angry with God that I lost my husband. I was devastated; I was broken. I still am, in many ways. But I feel like God gives free will to everyone, and people who want to choose evil, they have that same free will.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • God
  • Free

• Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.

  

  Oliver Hudson
  • Life
  • Family
  • Fame

• I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Father
  • Angry
  • Brothers

• Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impossible to repeal.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Impossible
  • Program
  • Been

• Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Problem
  • Care
  • Driving

• In June 1992, I discovered a lump in my breast. A subsequent mammogram, ultrasound and a needle biopsy proved negative. But my instinct said it still didn't feel right, so I had a lumpectomy. I then got the news that it was cancer.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Cancer
  • Said
  • News

• If you want to learn the true nature of a child you have to watch how she plays. If you want to learn the true nature of an adult you have to watch how she does her job.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • She
  • Job
  • True

• I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen.

  

  Karl Urban
  • Work
  • Reality
  • End

• I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Time
  • College
  • Working

• I interact with journalists all the time, and I note how they behave.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Time
  • Behave
  • Note

• Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Life
  • Great
  • Life Is Hard

• I believe in being an innovator.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Believe
  • Being
  • I Believe

• All great scientists have used their imaginations freely, and let it ride them to outrageous conclusions without crying 'Halt!'

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Great
  • Crying

• There is not a single desirable attribute which, lacking in a plant, may not be bred into it. Choose what improvement you wish in a flower, a fruit, or a tree, and by crossing, selection, cultivation, and persistence you can fix this desirable trait irrevocably.

  

  Luther Burbank
  • May
  • Wish
  • Single

• I respect the hell out of everyone who does a network show. That is a marathon. It's so many episodes, and it can be a meat grinder. Anyone making a network show, and on top of that making a very good network show, that's an insane feat of Herculean endurance and fortitude.

  

  Alan Yang
  • Good
  • Respect
  • Endurance

• I have been a lifelong stutterer, and when I was young, I experienced some very difficult times.

  

  Frank Wolf

• I grew up in a school that had a big music program, and it was incredible. It's what I looked forward to during the day. I had chorus, strings, band.

  

  Alison Krauss
  • Up
  • Music
  • School

• The digital team who were running Twitter, they weren't just going to put out a tweet for fun. They're going to try and figure out how do we measure the impact. Then they'd tweet it, and if it worked, great.

  

  Harper Reed
  • Twitter
  • Digital team

• An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

  

  George Jean Nathan