Michael Giles Quotes

I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time.

Michael Giles

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• I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Time
  • Death
  • Too Much

• And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Work
  • Feel
  • Stage

• If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Child

• Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Building
  • Bridges
  • Walls

• I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Think
  • Strong
  • Know

• We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Night
  • Day
  • Ocean

• Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Why
  • Age
  • Play

• I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Struggle
  • Tongue
  • Impatient

• I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • History
  • View

• I am a Facebook voyeur. I feel bad about it because I never put anything on there, but I find it fun to sit there and watch peoples' lives go by. Or whatever lives they're presenting.

  

  Eddie Kaye Thomas
  • People
  • Live
  • Facebook

• Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

  

  Quintilian
  • Wish
  • Wise
  • Fools

• It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Real
  • Song
  • Me

• The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Beautiful
  • Alone
  • Universe

• I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Drink
  • Alcohol
  • Smoke

• I'm a walking, talking enigma.

  

  Larry David
  • Walking
  • Talking
  • Enigma

• Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God's loving-kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.

  

  Saint Bernard
  • God
  • Heart
  • Kindness

• You die, but most of what you have accumulated will not be lost; you are leaving a message in a bottle.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Lost
  • Die
  • Leaving

• It's not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work.

  

  Hal David
  • Work
  • Done
  • Song

• Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Day

• Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

  

  Blythe Danner

• I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.

  

  Piyush Goyal
  • Up

• Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.

  

  Alan Dean Foster
  • Time
  • World
  • Writing

• When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin art collectors and everything!

  

  Ronnie Wood The Rolling Stones
  • Music
  • Fans
  • Stones

• I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time.

  

  Michael Giles
  • Time
  • Music
  • Never