Washington Irving Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
-
Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
-
If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
-
You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
-
There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
-
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
-
Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
-
When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
-
When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
-
The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
-
If you're famous, you're not free.
-
It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
-
The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
-
What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
-
Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
-
If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
-
If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
-
When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
-
My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior.
-
Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
-
No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
-
An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared.
-
It is amazing how many of the horrors of the 20th century were a result of charismatic quacks misleading millions of people to their own doom. What is even more amazing is that, after a century that saw the likes of Hitler, Lenin and Mao, we still see no need to distrust charisma as a basis for choosing leaders, either in politics or in numerous organizations and movements.
-
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
