Madeleine Albright Quotes

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

Madeleine Albright

Quotes to Explore

Let's judge a man on what he's done.

Barbara Bush
- Done
- Man
- Judge
I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.

Ian McLagan Small Faces
- People
- Real
- Community
My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.

K. Flay
- Family
- Culture
- Dad
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.

Harlan Coben
- Book
- Guy
- Change
When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

Illeana Douglas
- Character
- Experience
- Try
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
- Player
- End
- Doing