Cass Sunstein (Cass Robert Sunstein) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
-
The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
-
In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
-
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
-
Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
-
I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
-
There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
-
There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.
-
My life is my message.
-
When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
-
Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
-
A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.
-
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
-
I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.
-
I started out, as most astronomers do, with a university job. But in my generation, women weren't very welcome at universities, and so I found a job in the government. And the government was appreciably more welcoming.
-
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair: For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
-
What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. ... Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks.
-
God is personal, but personal in an incomprehensible way, in so far as the conception of his personality surpasses all our views of personality.
-
Would you believe I was a famous star? It's the truth.
-
Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.
-
There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
-
People who are ambitious - politicians who crave power - think that they're in control of it, but at some point, the movement that they started overtakes them, and they lose the ability to direct things anymore, and they become essentially riders on a wild stallion, and wherever the movement goes, wherever power takes them, they have to go along.
-
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.
-
Well, I've liked Star Wars since the late '70s. I liked it a lot.
