John Murray Quotes

I'd like to see an arrested growth of development. You can't stop it, but it's important we do something about the developers having the upper hand.

John Murray

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• I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

  

  Karen Carpenter The Carpenters
  • People
  • World
  • Money

• When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Job
  • High
  • Focus

• If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Violence
  • Create
  • Will

• When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Strength
  • Courtesy
  • Added

• I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Enemy
  • Will
  • Worst

• How you manage change can make all the difference.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • You
  • Change
  • Difference

• By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Science
  • Faith
  • Achievement

• I've always had a longstanding dream, ever since I was a kid, where I was running on a big lake of ice and I kept running and kept running, just about to where I was trying to get to, and I fell through the ice, and then I couldn't find the hole where I fell through to get back out again.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Trying
  • Dream
  • Running

• Some journalists are pestier than others, so I find out where the pests are. I am careful with my actors and actresses. I come back and tell them, 'Watch out for this one or that one.' People are surprised I do that. But I watch out for them even after the movie is over.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Movie
  • Actors
  • Careful

• I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Nations
  • Mother`s
  • Wars

• Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Political
  • Democracy
  • Values

• We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.

  

  Jackie Stewart
  • Good
  • Year
  • Sales

• I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped up in there, so I'll grab my laptop and write somewhere else: another room in the house, out on the patio, or even Heaven-forbid, a trip to Starbucks. But I also write on the road.

  

  James Rollins
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Done

• I am interviewing people with a spirit of genuine interest and compassion, and therefore, the general tone of the site is one of genuine interest and compassion. The moment that culture changes, 'Humans of New York' is no longer viable.

  

  Brandon Stanton
  • People
  • Culture
  • Compassion

• I have always loved the college atmosphere - sometimes too much, which is why I spent so long at LSU.

  

  James Carville
  • Long
  • Why
  • College

• The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Attitude
  • Lies

• Culturally, it's really funny to me that people respect the weird guy as an artist. There can be a curmudgeon in the corner with spiders building nests in his hair, and he hasn't bathed for three weeks, but for whatever reason, he's more creative than the guy sitting next to him that's showered and is talking to everybody.

  

  Mark Foster Foster the People
  • People
  • Guy
  • Funny

• If workplaces that enlist happiness consultants really care about worker satisfaction, why not offer better maternity and paternity policies? Daycare options? They could advise managers to stop calling workers to come in on weekends or expect them to answer emails late on weeknights.

  

  Mary Pilon
  • Why
  • Stop

• At my confirmation, where you get the Holy Spirit, I came down the stairs at my party and had torn, like, 80 holes in my pantyhose and said I had the Holy Spirit, and just would do things like that all the time.

  

  Paula Pell
  • Time
  • Party

• When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.

  

  Dermot Healy
  • Teacher

• TV is and will remain the leading medium - whether it's public broadcasting, commercially funded Free-TV, or whether it is our new growth engine, Pay-TV; whether it is distributed via broadcasting or on demand: The future of TV is - TV!

  

  Gerhard Zeiler
  • Growth
  • Television
  • Broadcasting

• I'd like to see an arrested growth of development. You can't stop it, but it's important we do something about the developers having the upper hand.

  

  John Murray
  • Growth
  • Development
  • Arrested