Kanan Makiya Quotes
He also knew that there is no escape from power like his, no exit, no way out of the predicament that being always on creates; there is only death.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
-
I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
-
I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
-
I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
-
I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
-
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
-
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
-
Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
-
I think I had the most fun making a movie with 'Dedication,' just because you knew that it was a passion project for everyone involved. We had X amount of days to shoot New York in the cold. No trailers. Just sort of kind of doing it guerilla style in a way.
-
If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.
-
I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
-
I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
-
I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
-
America is a meritocracy.
-
I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.
-
All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you up and makes you feel like you're the inheritor of all this information and of all its passion.
-
I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.
-
Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
-
I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
-
I had a spectacular four years as OpenTable CEO and remain an active executive chairman. I think, for me, some of the interesting observations there are, you know, global is important, mobile is extremely important. And then, network businesses are very attractive.
-
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
-
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'
-
Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the inevitability of death.
-
He also knew that there is no escape from power like his, no exit, no way out of the predicament that being always on creates; there is only death.
