William Bateson Quotes

I would trust Shakespeare, but I would not trust a committee of Shakespeares.

William Bateson

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• I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Yourself
  • Possible
  • Turn

• When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.

  

  Laura Harring
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Best

• A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • War
  • Boy
  • Hero

• I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Good
  • Long
  • Women

• I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Taken
  • Industry
  • Seriously

• My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Parents
  • Amazing
  • Best

• I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.

  

  Vicente del Bosque
  • Football
  • Care
  • Easy

• My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.

  

  Omar Dorsey
  • Up
  • Work
  • School

• It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Important
  • Business
  • Failure

• When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • Love
  • Happy
  • Feel

• How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Different
  • Myself
  • Describe

• A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

  

  Pat Riley
  • Winning
  • motivation
  • Champion

• It would be best not to impose a model too soon, because the model that exists in the west for these states is pathological, and the model that exists in the primitive cultures is mystical and religious.

  

  Ram Dass
  • Religious
  • Model

• I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

  

  Kage Baker
  • May
  • Fashion

• The path that leads from the persona to the self, from the adult to the outlaw, consists of learning to distinguish between false desire and true desire, or superficial desire and profound desire, or obsessive desire and free passion, … or illusory needs and real needs.

  

  Sam Keen
  • Real
  • True
  • Free

• 'Free competition enforced by law' is a grotesque contradiction in terms.

  

  Ayn Rand
  • Free
  • Law
  • Competition

• I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.

  

  Billy Childish
  • Music

• I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

  

  Jacqueline Bisset
  • Done
  • Preparation

• The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

  

  Ann Landers
  • May

• I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

  

  Franz Kafka
  • Time

• We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Different
  • Government
  • Position

• And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something.

  

  Dennis Muren
  • Trust

• When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.

  

  Jonathan Cain
  • Night
  • Moments
  • Trust

• I would trust Shakespeare, but I would not trust a committee of Shakespeares.

  

  William Bateson
  • Trust
  • Shakespeare
  • Committee