Carine Roitfeld Quotes
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
Quotes to Explore
-
The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
-
The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
-
I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
-
Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.
-
I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
-
I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
-
Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
-
I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
-
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
-
I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend that I knew all about it, I had to be the best at it. That was very difficult.
-
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
-
Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
-
Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
-
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
-
One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
-
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
-
This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
-
I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
-
I like a little bit of punk mixed with a little bit of feminine.
-
Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.
-
I think we invite people into our living rooms every week through the television because we have emotional connections to them, or they make us laugh or reflect some part of ourselves that we want to live in.
-
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
-
Materialism blinds us to our spiritual poverty. Jesus rebuked the Laodicean Christians because although they were materially wealthy, they were desperately poor in the things of God . Puritan Richard Baxter said, "When men prosper in the world, their minds are lifted up with their estates, and they can hardly believe that they are so ill, while they feel themselves so well."
-
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
