Bob Alberti Quotes

Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly: the chances are, it's holding you, too.

Bob Alberti

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• I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Remember

• There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Life
  • Good
  • Political

• The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.

  

  Ursula Burns
  • World
  • Why
  • Day

• Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Me
  • Pressure

• We have been fighting for solutions that will spur economic growth and create jobs for all Americans because we have been listening to what small business owners and employees have been telling us all along.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Small
  • Fighting

• There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
  • Men
  • May
  • Single

• I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Pretty
  • Dream
  • Animal

• The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and that's different. To go to an entity - whether it's a traditional film studio or some newer company, or HBO, Amazon or Netflix - they would have to know that I need to work the way I work.

  

  Christopher Guest
  • Work
  • Different
  • Important

• You could have everything right but be in the wrong place. You think your business is no good, but really, the problem is your place is no good.

  

  Fred DeLuca
  • Good
  • Business

• Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.

  

  Atul Gawande
  • People

• When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I was so eager to get into the biz.

  

  Pixie Lott
  • Up
  • Growing

• Every language teaches you something, so learning a language is never wasted, especially if it's different in more than just syntactic trivia.

  

  Brian Kernighan
  • Different
  • Learning

• From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old.

  

  Asafa Powell
  • Planning

• We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.

  

  David Lagercrantz
  • Racism

• Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing.

  

  Klaus Schulze Ash Ra Tempel

• I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages.

  

  Matthew Morrison
  • People
  • Different
  • Spanish

• If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

  

  Liev Schreiber
  • May

• I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.'

  

  Kirsten Vangsness
  • She
  • Gay

• I think I might get laid more...by my dad.

  

  Tom DeLonge Blink-182
  • Thinking
  • Dad
  • Laid

• Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Well-mannered

• I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.'

  

  Kate Moss
  • Want
  • Me
  • Body

• If you're cast right you can actually just let yourself go because all your gestures will be right, all your intonations will be right because you just somewhere understand who this person is.

  

  Susan Sullivan
  • Person
  • Right
  • Gestures

• Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep.

  

  Eugene Field
  • Book
  • Temptation
  • Hold

• Hold tenderly that which you cherish, for it is precious and a tight grip may crush it. Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly: the chances are, it's holding you, too.

  

  Bob Alberti
  • Crush
  • Hold
  • Cherish