William Goldman Quotes

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

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• Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • Past
  • Democracy
  • Mistakes

• As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Time
  • World
  • Opportunity

• The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Heart
  • War
  • Argument

• Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Day
  • Democracy
  • Everyday

• Every hero becomes a bore at last.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Hero
  • Last
  • Every

• Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

  

  Hans Selye
  • Positive
  • Attitude
  • Stress

• I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Different
  • Think

• Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

  

  Nancy McKeon
  • Myself
  • Watch
  • Objective

• I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Good
  • Work
  • Great

• Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Time
  • Crazy
  • Star

• I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.

  

  Lana Wood
  • Actually
  • Divorced
  • Annulments

• I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
  • Architect
  • Brazilian

• I'm not cynical.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Cynical

• People who grow up in a region doubtless have a better cultural awareness of their own cuisine, but it's also true that a lot of locals go to McDonald's, Applebee's and the like.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • Up
  • True

• I have absolutely no idea about space exploration. I'm a software guy. But because I'm a non-expert, I've been able to bring the software concept of modularity into the space sector, which was never done before.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Done
  • Guy
  • Space

• I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Like
  • Rose
  • Bowl

• When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Thinking
  • Reaction
  • Fragrance

• We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • Hope
  • Player
  • Baseball

• I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us.

  

  James Daly
  • Believe
  • Business
  • Strong

• Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.

  

  Jason Priestley
  • Time
  • Great
  • Writing

• As a child, I used 'gay' as a bad word, as in, 'That's so gay.' All my friends did.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Friends
  • Bad
  • Gay

• It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Real
  • Friends
  • Enemy

• While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.

  

  Antonio Guterres
  • Different
  • Courage
  • Common

• The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

  

  William Goldman
  • Writing
  • Earth