Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
Quotes to Explore
-
Fitzgerald was a modernist.
-
I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
-
It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
-
Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
-
Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
-
Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
-
In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
-
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!
-
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
-
Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.
-
I really like children to watch my movies.
-
Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
-
I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
-
I'm known for my handwritten notes.
-
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
-
Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.
-
I think that as a poet, I am always concerned about history and baring witness to history. But so often, it's through the research that I do, the reading.
-
Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
-
It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.
-
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right to change them, changes in our system would be careful and deliberate.
-
Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
-
Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
-
I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
