Chris Asplen Quotes

It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.

Chris Asplen

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• The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Universe
  • Seems
  • Neither

• You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Qualities
  • Charismatic
  • Revered

• We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Father
  • Boat
  • Copy

• I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Now And Then

• Going to the Super Bowl is not the reward. It's playing really well and winning.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Winning
  • Reward
  • Super Bowl

• Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Best
  • Working
  • Minimum Wage

• Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Money
  • Happy
  • Find

• I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.

  

  Sam Childers
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• You need a big ego to be an artist.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Artist
  • Need
  • Ego

• I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Never
  • Been
  • Jealous

• If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Design
  • Part
  • Strategy

• Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Win
  • Credit
  • Soldiers

• I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Me
  • Day
  • Learning

• Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Day
  • Thoughts
  • Week

• I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunities

• Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Good
  • Faith
  • Spiritual

• I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Music
  • Writing
  • School

• When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Good
  • Day
  • Problems

• The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Live
  • Society
  • Reflection

• ...from the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World.

  

  Isaac Newton
  • World
  • System
  • Demonstrate

• The important question to ask is why these bodies are allowed to exist. If a country such as Spain allowed a repressive body like the Inquisition to exist for four hundred years, it is not because the Inquisition forced itself on the Spanish nation. It is because the Spaniards allowed it to exist.

  

  Cullen Murphy
  • Exist
  • Allowed
  • Spain

• Hell has been conceived as a police institution, to inspire fear in this world. But the worst of it all is that it no longer frightens anyone, and therefore it will have to be closed down.

  

  Miguel de Unamuno
  • Police
  • Hell
  • Worst

• I really became aware of the fact that, oh yeah, whereas a lot of other shows are sort of cynical or jaded or just sort of coming from that sort of energy, our show is very, very about these love-based relationships. It really comes out, a lot of times, in a sweet way. And I think people find that refreshing about our show. That's one of the things I definitely picked up on.

  

  Steve Zissis
  • Energy
  • Show
  • Relationships

• It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse.

  

  Chris Asplen
  • Problems
  • System
  • Regulations