Michael Mandelbaum Quotes
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.
Quotes to Explore
-
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
-
I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
-
I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally.
-
Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.
-
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
-
Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
-
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
-
I have only one counsel for you - be master.
-
I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.
-
Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.
-
Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
-
Except for a handful of banks that just keep a handful of their loans in portfolio, on their balance sheet, every other loan that's originated in the United States - whether from a bank, mortgage company, mortgage broker - is sold into the secondary market.
-
Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
-
Being a visionary is a new profession, but it is really just a variant on fortunetelling, which may be the world's oldest. And its marketing appeal is similar - people will pay for reassurance about the unknown.
-
I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
-
When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well.
-
I try personally not to be nostalgic.
-
Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
-
The No. 1 rule in any negotiation is don't take yourself hostage. People do this to themselves all the time by being desperate for 'yes' or afraid of 'no,' so they don't ask for what they really want. Instead, they ask for what they can realistically get. I've heard many people say, 'Well, that's a non-starter, so we won't even bring it up.'
-
When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier.
-
No matter the circumstances, teachers show up each day ready to give their students every opportunity possible, and they never give up.
-
Before 'Animal House' came out to open up a huge market, there just weren't parts for young guys. That genre of film was my ticket in... One of my first jobs was with Bill Murray in 'Stripes.'
-
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.
