Bob Johnson Quotes

I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. Of course, sometimes, in the beginning, you're going to push a little too far.

Bob Johnson

• Push
• Pirate
• Plank

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• I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.

  

  Yasmine Al Masri
  • Pirate
  • Especially
  • Mermaids

• The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • You
  • Push
  • Nurturing

• I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Time
  • Want
  • Push

• One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

  

  Aaron McGruder
  • Way
  • Late
  • Push

• What's great about 'The Daily Show' is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn't do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Great
  • Daily
  • Push

• You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • You
  • Luck
  • Push

• I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Rebel
  • Push
  • Buttons

• My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents.

  

  Hakeem Jeffries
  • Job
  • Opportunities
  • Push

• The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push the ASA a little bit.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Camera
  • Push
  • Digital

• A strong and enthusiastic niche audience can push a topic into mainstream consciousness with speed and force.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Strong
  • Speed
  • Push

• We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

  

  Laura Ashley
  • Want
  • Ideas
  • Push

• Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Parents
  • Know
  • Push

• When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push a button and say, 'Convert this to Android format.'

  

  Larry Ellison
  • End
  • Tools
  • Push

• I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.'

  

  Paul Watson
  • Pirate

• I got stuck on the Peter Pan ride when I was nine years old with my dad at Disney World. We got stuck on that part of the ride when you're suspended in the pirate ship above the miniature London, and I was fascinated by the why of it all. 'Why is Peter Peter Pan, why is he in Neverland, how did he learn how to fly, etc.?'

  

  Jason Fuchs
  • World
  • Why
  • Dad

• Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.

  

  Billie Eilish
  • Bad
  • Uncle
  • Pirate

• I had a role in 'DodgeBall,' where I played a pirate who played dodge ball. I'd say 80 to 90 percent of my lines were 'Garrr' or 'Arghh.' And it was all about what the quality of your 'Grr-arr' was.

  

  Alan Tudyk
  • Quality
  • Pirate

• It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.

  

  Keira Knightley
  • Movie
  • Everyday
  • Pirate

• How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper.

  

  George Muller
  • Work
  • God
  • Important

• It’s counterproductive to be negative. I know it’s heavy times; I know it’s rough, but we’re going to be OK. It’s been worse actually … we’ve been here before and actually came out victorious, so I just have to believe that we will again.

  

  PJ Morton Maroon 5
  • Believe
  • Negative
  • To Be

• In recent years, we have been sending a clear, consistent signal about the harms of drugs, particularly marijuana, which for most young people is the first illegal drug that they are exposed to.

  

  John Walters
  • People
  • Drug
  • Marijuana

• What makes a good pinch hitter? I wish the hell I knew.

  

  Bobby Murcer
  • Hitter
  • Pinch

• At some point in life you have to face your fears.

  

  Eric Thomas
  • Life
  • Point
  • Fears

• I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. Of course, sometimes, in the beginning, you're going to push a little too far.

  

  Bob Johnson
  • Push
  • Pirate
  • Plank