Carla Bley Quotes

I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

Carla Bley

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• I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Up
  • Growing
  • First

• I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

  

  Fede Alvarez
  • Films
  • Fan
  • Filmmaking

• Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • People
  • Small
  • Hand

• I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.

  

  Jack W. Szostak
  • Hope
  • Success
  • Reading

• Being evil is easy.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Evil
  • Easy
  • Being

• The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.

  

  Ed McMahon
  • People
  • Growth
  • Golf

• Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

  

  Larry David
  • Me
  • Surprise
  • Involved

• Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

  

  Edgar Cayce
  • Today
  • Dreams
  • Questions

• You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.

  

  Macy Gray
  • Rock
  • Star
  • Situation

• I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Help
  • Support
  • Emotionally

• No one ever complains about a speech being too short!

  

  Ira Hayes
  • Short
  • Speech
  • Ever

• My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.

  

  Jackie Jackson The Jacksons
  • People
  • Husband
  • Difference

• I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Really
  • Champ
  • Wallace

• The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary.

  

  Iain McGilchrist
  • Human
  • Data
  • Volumes

• My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • Powerful
  • Woman
  • Afraid

• But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Good
  • Great
  • Interesting

• I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • School
  • High
  • House

• So we have broad bipartisan support for the bill, and it's my hope that we can build on some of the things that have been talked about in Washington involving building a larger ownership society.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Hope
  • Society
  • Support

• Curiously, a principle affects your life whether you are aware of it or not. For instance, the principle of gravity was working long before the apple ever fell on Newton's head. But once it did, and he understood it, then we as a society were free to harness this principle to create, among other things, airline flight.

  

  Andy Andrews
  • Life
  • Long
  • Society

• It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives.

  

  Larry Williams
  • Job
  • Economic
  • Incentives

• Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Great
  • Heart
  • America

• 'Service, and the learning that goes with it, fosters citizenship, knowledge, and personal development in everyone, young and old, with disabilities and without. Our partnership with Youth Service America will bring awareness to the fact that youth with disabilities are great assets and can serve as volunteers too.'-U.S. Newswire

  

  Clay Aiken
  • Great
  • America
  • Knowledge

• I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

  

  Carla Bley
  • America
  • Food
  • Enjoy