Sanford I. Weill Quotes

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

Sanford I. Weill

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• This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in different people's minds. That I might mean one thing as I write, but a reader's experiences will take it somewhere else. That is like a conversation, I think. It is a true connecting up.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.

  

  Nancy Meyers
  • People
  • Want
  • Movies

• I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • People
  • She
  • Help

• Strauss' water activities, which highlight both its social responsibility and commitment to the environment, meet a genuine need of people around the world today.

  

  Ofra Strauss
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • People
  • Women
  • Sexy

• Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

  

  Lars Peter Hansen
  • People
  • Action
  • Problem

• Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.

  

  Laura Moser
  • People
  • Country
  • Proud

• When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.

  

  Iqbal Quadir
  • People
  • Results
  • Corruption

• I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • School
  • Thought

• I only realised why I keep living in Shepperton when I returned to China. All the people who moved there had come from places just like Shepperton, and so they built and lived in houses exactly like these. I now know I was drawn here because, on an unconscious level, Shepperton reminds me of Shanghai.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • People
  • Why
  • Know

• What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • American
  • Dream

• The people of the Fifth District of Louisiana need and deserve a voice in Washington.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • People
  • Voice
  • Deserve

• People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD. I love order and organization. I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks, and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Now that's OCD.

  

  Kate Spade
  • People
  • Organization
  • Start

• The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • Believe
  • Science

• Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • People
  • Fun
  • Voice

• People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • People
  • Worst
  • Scared

• When I was a kid it was big news when someone flew around the world in a little aeroplane, but nobody cared when I did it. Then, to rub salt into my wounds, the customs people ripped my aeroplane to pieces, looking for stuff.

  

  Gary Numan
  • People
  • World
  • Looking

• I've been lucky to have lots and lots of mentors. I think that is incredibly important in anyone's life to encourage and inspire them, let them understand that their own potential is a reality that they can strive for.

  

  Erik Weihenmayer
  • Important
  • Reality
  • Strive

• Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended at all even to take in the whole sick population.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Sick

• One of the things that ties people together, whether they live in a rural or urban area, is the really big number of people who have served in the military. Veterans issues are very important in the district.

  

  Pete Gallego
  • People
  • Important
  • Live

• Genre hopping is something I intend to do, and I intend to do it forever and ever because I think genres are boring.

  

  Jack Garratt
  • Forever

• No matter what is happening in the world of appearances, beyond the veil of illusion there is love and only Love.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • World
  • Love
  • Illusion

• The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

  

  Sanford I. Weill
  • People
  • Chance
  • Benefits