Jonathan Levine Quotes
To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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The most frequently asked question I hear first-time entrepreneurs ask is, 'How do I know when to launch my product?' The answer, more often than not, should be: 'Now!'
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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If you're lucky enough to have a position where people listen to you, you should say stuff you believe in - but not if you're Jenny McCarthy. Then you should shut up. But if you're right, like Amy Poehler, then speak up.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.
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Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands.
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There is no reason why a joke should not be appreciated more than once. Imagine how little good music there would be if, for example, a conductor refused to play Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the ground that his audience might have heard it before.
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To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much.
