Bob Goff Quotes
I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.
Quotes to Explore
-
If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
-
The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.
-
I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
-
The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
-
In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
-
I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
-
I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
-
I'm a pro-horserace guy.
-
But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.
-
I've never, in my whole 30 years in office, run a negative ad.
-
That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.
-
My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'
-
I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.
-
Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
-
(Talking about American and British Language) You say 'erbs and we say herbs, because there's a fucking 'H' in it.
-
I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales. Fairy tales are as ancient as we are. I love those stories. I think they're really interesting because they always have more than simply the fright aspect. There's something deeply psychological.
-
The best thing I can recommend is to listen to your child. I really mean that.
-
I don't go digital. I was never good with technology. I didn't have a cellphone until I moved to New York. My gallery was like, 'What? How are we supposed to contact you?'
-
What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It's having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.
-
Because of my intense hopes for the youth of China, I feel very keenly my responsibility for their future success or failure. The fate of China lies in their hands. The responsibility for organizing and training them to become worthy citizens of China, able to undertake the tasks of Resistance and Reconstruction, is mine; I cannot evade it.
-
I find singing some of Foreigner's older songs are a little reckless and not exactly who I am now.
-
I'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going to be out there, you owe it to people not to look like a dog if you can help it.
-
I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.
