Alec Reid Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
-
People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.
-
When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
-
The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.
-
There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
-
The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
-
I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself.
-
I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
-
We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
-
The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
-
The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
-
It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
-
Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.
-
If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling.
-
I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
-
We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.
-
I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore.
-
I … started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out.
-
Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?
-
Real silencing occurs when a conservative tries to speak at a liberal university like Berkeley, and the party of anger and violence acts on their hatred when a police department says we can't protect a Republican speaker.
-
This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education, particularly where there are gaps in the market, we will create more jobs, we will create more growth, and we will create more activity in the U.S. market, which will be good for our economy.
-
I'm actually scared of horror movies. I'm kind of Scaredy Cat when it comes to that stuff.
-
Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.
-
The key issue now is to get a police force that everyone accepts
