Gail Sheehy Quotes
It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.
Quotes to Explore
-
Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
-
It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
-
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
-
I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
-
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
-
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
-
In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
-
Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.
-
We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
-
I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
-
I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
-
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
-
The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
-
What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
-
I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
-
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
-
Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
-
Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
-
But in the end one also has to understand that the needs that religion has satisfied and philosophy is now supposed to satisfy are not immutable; they can be weakened and exterminated. Consider, for example, that Christian distress of mind that comes from sighing over ones inner depravity and care for ones salvation - all concepts originating in nothing but errors of reason and deserving, not satisfaction, but obliteration.
-
The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time.
-
On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and
-
Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.
-
It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.
