Gary Shapiro Quotes
Connectivity and technologies are not only solving some of the biggest problems in the world, but they're also enhancing the experience for everyone.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
-
It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
-
For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
-
That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
-
Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
-
It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
-
I love 'Glee.'
-
I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.
-
As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.
-
It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
-
I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
-
I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.
-
Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
-
Knowledge is power.
-
Quentin Tarantino was fantastic. I mean, he can be almost unbearable as a person. At a party, you can't get a word in edgewise for, like, an hour. But as a director, he is so completely open and just... present.
-
I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.
-
It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true.
-
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
-
It's strange. No one ever really talked to me about my voice. People started writing about it, and I was like, 'What?' I'm really about my lyrics, but more people were talking about my voice. It's cool, but at first I got upset because I wanted people to focus on the content.
-
It was the real thing ... When we were recording, sometimes we'd make a 'human fade' - we would just play softer and softer. We didnt have any overdubbing. When one guy took a solo, the other guys would stand up and snap their fingers and dance around the studio. We were having a wonderful time.
-
We've never had problems. We love each other, understand each other, and get past anything.
-
My father's house was on East 55th Street on 1st and 2nd Avenues. I'm fifth-generation Marino in the East 50s - I live on 57th Street. I can't be more East 50s.
-
Connectivity and technologies are not only solving some of the biggest problems in the world, but they're also enhancing the experience for everyone.
