William Goldman Quotes

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

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• I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.

  

  Natalie du Toit
  • Strong
  • Always
  • Body

• I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Great
  • Job
  • Success

• I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

  

  Fatos Nano
  • Forget
  • Bosnia

• I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Hate
  • Positive
  • Care

• I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Religion
  • Dog

• I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • People
  • Day
  • Amazing

• It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Powerful

• I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • First
  • Imagine
  • Complicated

• I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.

  

  Halsey
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Better

• I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Country
  • America
  • Think

• I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a certain facade on or emphasize, 'Hey, I'm this. You need to believe it.' I just want to be the best that I can be, and if people like me, that's great, and if they don't, they don't.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • People
  • Great
  • Believe

• The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Today
  • Hero
  • Tomorrow

• I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.

  

  Beck
  • Time
  • Good
  • Music

• You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Singing
  • Feel
  • Journey

• Don't confuse honours with achievement.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Achievement
  • Honours

• If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Writing
  • You
  • Rock

• Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.

  

  Daniel De Leon
  • Political
  • Mistake
  • Organization

• 'Your Erroneous Zones' was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Book
  • Top
  • Over

• When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • World
  • Movie
  • Smart

• I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

  

  Chadwick Boseman
  • Movie
  • Star

• I'm nervous when taking part in any movie.

  

  Jamie Campbell Bower
  • Movie

• Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

  

  J. Edgar Hoover
  • Done
  • Should
  • Information

• I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

  

  David Morrissey
  • People
  • Different
  • Power

• As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

  

  William Goldman
  • Movie
  • Concerned
  • Filmmaking