W. L. George Quotes

Given that we glimpse what distinguishes man from the beast, is there anything that distinguishes woman from man?

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• I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • People
  • Good
  • Food

• Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Popular
  • Share
  • Bear

• I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Feeling
  • Years
  • End

• Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Look

• We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.

  

  Rachel Shelley
  • Mind
  • Change
  • Woman

• The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Society
  • Color
  • Daily

• What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Children

• With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Time
  • Great
  • Money

• Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Done
  • Day

• One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • War
  • Military
  • Conflict

• He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Hell
  • He
  • Inquisitive

• Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

  

  Hans Kung
  • Time
  • Hate
  • Inspire

• The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • People
  • Calm
  • Worried

• I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Song
  • Player
  • Guitar

• Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Faith
  • Far
  • Candidates

• Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Rock
  • Find
  • Piano

• Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.

  

  Nas
  • Music
  • Want
  • Dating

• My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Wife
  • Wine
  • Performance

• I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Up
  • War
  • Culture

• Character is determined by choice, not opinion.

  

  Aristotle
  • Character
  • Opinion
  • Choice

• We're just thankful having him here and to be spending Christmas together as a family. It's been seven years since John has been here.

  

  Victoria Gotti
  • Family
  • Christmas
  • Thankful

• Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Man
  • Copy
  • Stylish

• Given that we glimpse what distinguishes man from the beast, is there anything that distinguishes woman from man?

  

  W. L. George
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Beast