Paul Provenza Quotes

Children in a third world country. That's how we spread democracy.

Paul Provenza

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• The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Women
  • Economy
  • Cards

• Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a military footing. I won't use the word 'combat' to avoid being painted as a crusader.

  

  Paolo Gentiloni
  • People
  • May
  • Military

• I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Students
  • Brown

• You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Good
  • Year
  • Opportunities

• Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing. I can't quite grasp that.

  

  Ed Speleers
  • Different
  • School
  • Education

• I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Respect
  • Singers
  • Even

• I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In high school, I played co-ed soccer and basketball. I really enjoyed both of those sports, but I have to admit basketball wasn't my calling.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • School
  • Watching
  • Calling

• A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • May
  • Humanity

• I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a tiny bit of coffee were a big part of my morning ritual before walking to school.

  

  Brunello Cucinelli
  • Life
  • Up
  • Country

• Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

  

  Kirk Douglas
  • Guy
  • Nice
  • Smile

• If I have an audience, I'd like to make music for my whole life. But it's not really up to me.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • Life
  • Up
  • Music

• Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his people.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa
  • People
  • Father
  • Soul

• I was not on social media for a really long time because I was afraid of being seen.

  

  Kelly Marie Tran
  • Time
  • Long

• For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.

  

  Domenico Dolce
  • People
  • Important
  • Family

• I listen to my body, I give it things it wants and I eliminate things it doesn't want.

  

  Britt Ekland

• What I wonder most about the Anthropocene is not when did it start - but when, and how, will it end? Will it end? Or is it possible that our own growing awareness of our role on Earth can itself play a pivotal role in shaping the outcome toward one that we would desire?

  

  David Grinspoon
  • Earth
  • Growing
  • Desire

• I don't speak to my brother every week - doesn't mean I don't love him.

  

  Kim Cattrall
  • Brother

• Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

  

  John Milton
  • World
  • Truth

• My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Up
  • Work
  • Job

• Belief systems thrive in circumstances of collision. They are energized by their opposites.

  

  James P. Carse

• The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children, want to know what we're made out of, how it works, and why the universe is the way it is.

  

  David Gross
  • People
  • Children
  • Why

• Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

  

  Georg Buchner
  • Children
  • Revolution

• And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet - because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They're a threat to our children's future. And in this election, you can do something about it.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Children
  • Future

• Children in a third world country. That's how we spread democracy.

  

  Paul Provenza
  • Children
  • Democracy
  • Third World