Michael Ovitz Quotes

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

Michael Ovitz

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• My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.

  

  Pat Cadigan
  • Life
  • School
  • Earth

• My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • American
  • Parents

• As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Remember
  • Forever
  • I Can

• Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Love
  • Human
  • For Her

• So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.

  

  Barbara Hershey
  • People
  • Work
  • Experience

• I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring and sort of being an actor around Scottish theater.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • American
  • Know
  • Never

• The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Movies
  • Year
  • Studio

• I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Myself
  • Worry
  • Prepare

• I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Country
  • Children
  • Help

• I'm happy. I learned. I learned from my mistakes. But when you learn, you see all the results; you look more mature, and you put all the pieces together.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Together
  • Happy
  • Mistakes

• This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private. Always have an ace in the hole.

  

  Cole Porter

• Lack of courage or means often deters the European woman from more independent business activity, and this in spite of increasing freedom to choose her occupation, in spite of brilliant examples of successful undertakings of women, in photography, hotel or boarding-house management, dress-making, etc.

  

  Ellen Key
  • Women
  • Business
  • House

• Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

  

  Jason Alexander
  • World

• My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid.

  

  Dave Ramsey
  • Work
  • Children
  • Money

• I haven't met too many people that don't intend to have a fulfilling life. High-achievers, however, end up allocating their resources in a way that seriously undermines their intended strategy.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it.

  

  Les Claypool
  • Music
  • Pretty
  • Past

• I can't deny 'Fleabag''s a very personal piece, but it's not autobiographical.

  

  Phoebe Waller-Bridge

• I plan to open Mexico's energy sector to national and foreign private investment.

  

  Enrique Pena Nieto
  • Energy

• I have two really great best friends that are the only people I hang out with. I keep a close circle.

  

  Kylie Jenner
  • People
  • Great
  • Friends

• We need a very robust way of looking at people coming into the country... We're focused on the whole concept of the ideology and of the vetting.

  

  Keith Kellogg
  • People
  • Country

• If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Long
  • Focus
  • Colleagues

• True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God. Many people use religion as a way of getting something else from God they want-blessings, rewards, even escape from judgement. This is wearisome to us, and to God. But when God is His own reward, Christianity becomes thrilling. Sacrifice becomes joy.

  

  J. D. Greear
  • People
  • God
  • True

• The results are something I can't control, so I can't say 'damnit, I didn't place in the top three today.' I can't control any of that. I just skate. And my goal was to show my heart, to take them on a journey with me so they can feel me.

  

  Johnny Weir
  • Heart
  • Today
  • Control

• When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

  

  Michael Ovitz
  • Control
  • Attention
  • Details