Barry Farber Quotes
"You can educate a fool, but you can’t make him think. Education is too often about stuffing the brain rather than developing the mind."
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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I want to have a long career.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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Today a great shot for freedom was heard. I think it stands a chance of being heard forever. It marls a turning point in the history of the Jewish people. The beginning of the return to a statues of dignity we have not known for two thousand years. Yes, today was the first step back. My battle is done. Now I turn the command over to the soldiers.
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I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going right deep down into life and not caring a damn.
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My career is a burden, but I can't just fade out like a pathetic sore loser. More often than not, I'm just making a fool of myself for the hundredth time, and that wasn't part of the plan, initially. I'd be happier not having any kind of public presence whatsoever and just hiding behind the sleeves of the CD.
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I live in New York right now but I'm originally from my daddy's nuts. We all are. Think about, we the lucky ones - we made it. You all are winners. That's the first race you ever won.
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As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye as my mouth has mangled yet another magnificently conceived, clumsily articulated sentence. In my mind, the words are mellifluous as honey. In my mouth, they are shards of glass.
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"You can educate a fool, but you can’t make him think. Education is too often about stuffing the brain rather than developing the mind."
