Stephen Sondheim Quotes

I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

Stephen Sondheim

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• I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

  

  Walter Huston
  • Simple
  • Better
  • Voice

• If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.

  

  Mahavira
  • Character
  • Want
  • Effort

• I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Misunderstood
  • Pattern

• The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Great
  • Women
  • Man

• A well-aimed spear is worth three.

  

  Tad Williams
  • Three
  • Worth
  • Spear

• Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Universe
  • Best
  • Always

• I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.

  

  Yuan Yuan Tan
  • Myself
  • Hard
  • I Can

• With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Worry
  • Adapt
  • Global Warming

• Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Time
  • Government
  • Better

• The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • People
  • Law
  • Stop

• If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.

  

  Larry Drake
  • Worst
  • Possible
  • Too

• I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Political
  • Never
  • Agenda

• Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Power
  • Easy
  • Take Advantage

• Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

  

  Edmund Clarence Stedman
  • Time
  • Luck
  • Right Time

• I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Like
  • Rose
  • Bowl

• 'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Bad
  • Society
  • Wealth

• I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • People
  • Work
  • Guy

• I'm virile, vigorous, and potent!

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • Potent
  • Vigorous
  • Virile

• When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • People
  • Up
  • Meet

• I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Writing
  • Education
  • Moment

• I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.

  

  Eric Stoltz
  • Play
  • Enjoy
  • Consider

• You need to feel comfortable. When you're comfortable, you feel confident. And when you're confident, the world is your oyster. Most important, you gotta feel what you wear.

  

  Priyanka Chopra
  • World
  • Important

• My father speaks for himself, through his music.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Music
  • Father
  • Speak

• I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

  

  Stephen Sondheim
  • Writing
  • Ideas
  • Heaven