Michael Ovitz Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
-
I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
-
It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
-
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
-
There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
-
Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
-
I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other.
-
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
-
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
-
From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
-
I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
-
I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
-
I'm a huge 'Call of Duty' fan, 'Minecraft' and all those kinds of video games. I'm constantly playing video games every day.
-
I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
-
Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
-
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
-
There's nothing more adult than being ripped away from friends and family, you know? Having to manage a life when you're not fully there, manage a life when you don't make a lot of money. It's very adult.
-
It's not easy to have success with restaurants in different cities, but I like the challenge.
-
What is life, but the gentle effacement of a tree shedding its leaves?
-
I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
-
The more I read and watched about the meat industry, the more determined I became to keep meat out of my diet. The things I saw in slaughterhouse exposes made me feel sick and I refused to just ignore what I now knew.
-
The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.
