Gary Sheffield Quotes
We had a close-knit family. That's one reason I was probably more shocked than anybody that someone in my family was on drugs.
Quotes to Explore
-
The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
-
The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
-
I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
-
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
-
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
-
I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
-
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
-
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
-
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
-
To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
-
Despite my so-so-experience with the iPhone, I do love its touchscreen technology, a feature I miss with my standard-issue BlackBerry.
-
The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
-
Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
-
You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
-
I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
-
That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
-
I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
-
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
-
A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
-
My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.
-
You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes.
-
The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
-
How many times have you opened a book, read the first few sentences and made a snap decision about whether to buy it? When it's your book that's coming under this casual-but-critical scrutiny, you want the reader to be instantly hooked. The way to accomplish this is to create compelling opening sentences.
-
We had a close-knit family. That's one reason I was probably more shocked than anybody that someone in my family was on drugs.
