Susan Brooks (Susan Lynn Wiant Brooks) Quotes

I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

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• I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.

  

  Adam Michnik
  • American
  • Political
  • Treat

• It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Men
  • Freedom
  • Take

• If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.

  

  Victor Koo
  • Business
  • Model
  • YouTube

• I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Believe
  • Love
  • Laughter

• Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

  

  Orlando Cepeda
  • People
  • Trust
  • Fight

• I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
  • Music
  • Art
  • Hope

• A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Know
  • Enjoy
  • Fans

• I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Love
  • Come
  • Excuse

• I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • People
  • Time
  • Conversation

• It's like deja-vu, all over again.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Like
  • Over
  • Again

• I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.

  

  Natasha Little
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.

  

  Warren Littlefield
  • Friends
  • Night
  • Small

• We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.

  

  Earl Warren
  • May
  • Know
  • Story

• It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?

  

  Kate Christensen
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Die

• I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Nice

• I've actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I'm 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started building Websites, and that's how I put myself through school. I went to Duke with a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and then to Princeton.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • School
  • Career
  • Science

• I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and, as always, I know nothing.

  

  Harold Brodkey
  • Know
  • Down
  • Opinions

• I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Fight
  • Vacation
  • Much

• I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Time
  • Beautiful
  • Golf

• God never breaks His promises.

  

  Francis Chan
  • Promise
  • Break

• I don't really want to get married. I've got my career, my friends - my life is very, very full. It's nice to go out to dinner with a man and have fun, but I wouldn't rush into anything because I don't think it's right to bring another man into the house with my four children.

  

  Jerry Hall
  • Life
  • Children
  • Friends

• 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.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Experience
  • Job
  • High

• As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

  

  Susan Brooks
  • Job
  • Chosen
  • Serendipity