William Beckett Quotes

I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That's what I want.

William Beckett

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• I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Thinking
  • Book
  • Free

• As long as there is cash, and the economy is running, all is well. But as a bank, we'll have to test, experiment, try a hundred different things. A few may work, a few may fail, but we have to experiment and try.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Work
  • Different
  • Long

• Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • You
  • Ask
  • Teammates

• The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Good
  • Business
  • Small

• War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • War
  • Small
  • Luxury

• Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

  

  Barbara Sher
  • Change
  • Only
  • Inevitable

• Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.

  

  Harry Browne
  • People
  • Moral
  • Humanitarian

• It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Crazy
  • Shoes
  • Helpful

• I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.

  

  Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • Aesthetic
  • Suits
  • Savile Row

• I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Good
  • Responsibility
  • Understanding

• Call it not vain;-they do not err,Who say, that when the Poet dies,Mute Nature mourns her worshipper,And celebrates his obsequies.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Nature

• Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed

  

  Andy Partridge
  • Sleep
  • Daily

• Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Life
  • Truth
  • Feeling

• Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

  

  Jeffrey Deitch
  • Art

• I think the best restaurants in America should be in California.

  

  David Chang
  • America
  • California

• There's no such thing as a vegetarian.

  

  Charles Barkley

• I think Vikings have always been popular, haven't they? I remember being a kid and being in second grade reading a book about this Viking warrior.

  

  Cullen Bunn
  • Book
  • Remember
  • Reading

• It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.

  

  Jeremy Bentham
  • Community
  • Understanding

• Republicans can be a funny bunch. They're against affirmative action, but they always seem to be able to find people of color to fill a slot just when they're most needed.

  

  John Ridley
  • People
  • Funny
  • Action

• It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

  

  Mercedes Lackey
  • Information
  • Gossip
  • Repeats

• We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.

  

  Bonnie Tyler
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• There's great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you're taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the phone, and you're letting your brain process whatever is stuck up in there.

  

  Chellie Pingree
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Mr. Jefferson meant the white race.

  

  Andrew Johnson

• I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That's what I want.

  

  William Beckett
  • Garden
  • Squares
  • Knicks