Phil Crane (Philip Miller Crane) Quotes
I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
-
I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
-
Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
-
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
-
Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
-
To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
-
I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
-
'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
-
'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
-
Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
-
Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.
-
I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
-
We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
-
I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
-
It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!
-
You're only as good as your last haircut.
-
I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'
-
Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
-
It's not accidental that products get worse over time; it's because companies stop paying attention to them. They stop caring as much about maintaining the same quality they did when they were just trying to fight for survival and no one would pay attention unless they had the best technology.
-
In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
-
Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music, too.
-
People don't get that being a musician is a job, they don't get what the work takes. And that's just because you're living a dream, so everyone who's observing it from the outside can't really empathize with how much work it is because you're fortunate. And it's a kind of competition with yourself to stay away from all of the excess, whether it's booze or drugs or just the late nights with the addiction to watching the sun rise in some weird part of the world. But when you meet the other musicians, there's generally a spiritual exhaustion that you connect with.
-
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
-
I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.
