Steve McConnell Quotes

In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.

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• Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.

  

  Eduardo Chillida
  • Teach
  • Inside
  • Nobody

• There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.

  

  Ed Smith
  • Yourself
  • Look
  • Skin

• Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Good
  • Music
  • Good Music

• I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Home
  • Dad
  • Listening

• I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.

  

  Maluma
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Talent

• It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Work
  • Different
  • Yourself

• I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Perfect
  • Accept
  • Strangers

• I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Good
  • Character
  • Bad

• When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so, boxing will at least, in some way, get promoted in our entertainment industry. Plus, if cricketers can, why can't I?

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Boxing

• Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • Time
  • Know

• When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

  

  Barkhad Abdi
  • Work
  • Great
  • You

• We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • People
  • Women
  • Attention

• When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.

  

  Lara Stone
  • Attention
  • More
  • Skin

• I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Mistake
  • Regret
  • Coffee

• I've been a free man.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Man
  • Free
  • Been

• Salutations

  

  E. B. White

• They need to read the Scriptures; where it says in Matthew, chapter 4, verse 17, it says: 'Shut the fuck up.' That's the King James version, by the way.

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Up
  • King

• When you feel moved by the story, you want to tell that story.

  

  James Wolk

• I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy.

  

  John Otway
  • People
  • Music
  • Done

• Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • House
  • Credit
  • Key

• I can dance to Beyonce, sing karaoke, create strategy, go on dates, and build a multi-billion company and show the world that women can build big businesses.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • World
  • Women
  • Dance

• What is required is self-belief, most importantly. And secondly, you should be ready to listen, to be strong to acknowledge what your weakness is, and learn, improve... If you have that, then all this that you are talking about, fielding, running between wickets, they are all minor things...

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Strong
  • Running

• In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.

  

  Steve McConnell
  • Strong
  • Chain
  • Weakest