Eric Garcetti Quotes

I agree with President Trump that we need good jobs in this country, but let's get to that business rather than the distractions of repealing Obamacare or raiding communities and taking otherwise law-abiding, contributing citizens away from their families.

Eric Garcetti

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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

• I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Life
  • Different
  • Soul

• What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.

  

  J. August Richards
  • People
  • Country
  • Love

• Salesmen always need something to sell.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Need
  • Something
  • Sell

• I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Want
  • Community
  • City

• When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Film
  • First
  • Camera

• I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Music
  • Remember
  • Fog

• I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Up
  • Sister
  • Three

• God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • God
  • Service
  • Voice

• I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Career
  • College
  • Model

• I kept thinking I was always going to meet the right man, but I never did. Kept waiting for this knight in shining armour. 'When's he coming? He's taking a long time, isn't he?'

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Long

• I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots.

  

  Kandyse McClure
  • Think
  • Cute
  • Cats

• I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Born
  • Talent
  • Songwriting

• I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Home
  • Hand
  • Always

• What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Effort
  • Pleasure
  • Without

• I like the sensibility of Australian film a lot and the crews are fantastic. Great characters, wonderful people and no line between - I think in Hollywood they have this line between actors and crew a lot, and that just didn't exist, which I really appreciated.

  

  Barbara Hershey
  • People
  • Great
  • Hollywood

• What a silly god, he makes everybody born bad to go to burning hell. Why so mad? All his fault!

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • God
  • Why
  • Bad

• A child of God should be a visible Beatitude, for joy and happiness, and a living Doxology, for gratitude and adoration.

  

  Charles Spurgeon
  • God
  • Joy
  • Gratitude

• I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

  

  Mavis Staples
  • People
  • Money
  • Purpose

• All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be.

  

  Allan Massie
  • People
  • Real
  • Characters

• The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Important
  • Me
  • Influence

• Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement.

  

  Lois Wyse
  • People
  • Up
  • Business

• It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different.

  

  Regis Philbin
  • Different
  • Business
  • Night

• I agree with President Trump that we need good jobs in this country, but let's get to that business rather than the distractions of repealing Obamacare or raiding communities and taking otherwise law-abiding, contributing citizens away from their families.

  

  Eric Garcetti
  • Business
  • Jobs
  • Families