Danny Lyon Quotes

The people who run things are so successful in the way they do it now. They could buy me off with a couple of vintage prints, they could have you do an ad, or give you a ribbon... In capitalist countries they reward artists because we're ineffectual.

Danny Lyon

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• Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Act

• There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Path
  • Short

• I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Different
  • Way
  • Wish

• I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Art
  • True
  • Relationship

• You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Different
  • You
  • Learn

• Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Worry
  • Innovation
  • Inspire

• I always direct next to the camera and watch my actors, and so you can see the small things that you can't see on the small screen but you can definitely see on the big screen.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Small
  • Camera
  • Small Things

• Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Death
  • Die

• I accept there are people out there who don't like me. I don't like them.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Me
  • Like

• We need to tackle energy poverty.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Energy
  • Poverty
  • Need

• When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• I had never dreamt I'd become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time and gave me the right opportunities.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Time
  • Destiny
  • Opportunities

• Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Nice
  • Sports
  • Clothes

• I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Responsibility
  • Model
  • Potential

• I don't know how to play evil.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Know
  • Play
  • Evil

• To know whether stocks are cheap or pricey, we typically look at price-to-earnings ratio. Valuation is a tougher question than many folks realize.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Know
  • Question
  • Look

• I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Man

• Che dolce più, che più giocondo statoSaria di quel d'un amoroso core?Se non fosse l'uom sempre stimulatoDa quel sospetto rio, da quel timore,Da quel martìr, da quella frenesia,Da quella rabbia detta gelosia.

  

  Ludovico Ariosto

• One of these topics we talk about with the team on our 'Competition Wednesday' is iron sharpening iron. That's the process we go through to get each other ready, and that's why we have some periods where we get to compete against one another.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Why
  • Team
  • Competition

• I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still funny because they're just likeable, and you want to see them. Me, though, when you see me trying to be funny, it's like the worst thing in the world. It's needy, it's cloying, it's manipulative - it's bad.

  

  Constance Wu
  • World
  • Trying
  • Bad

• Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly. The issues are communication and understanding. All of what typically would've been called the 'soft stuff.' You have to be authentic. You have to be dialed into the soft stuff.

  

  Douglas Conant
  • People
  • World
  • Understanding

• Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.

  

  Joan Miro
  • Time
  • Beginning
  • Canvas

• Contrails are denser and block sunlight much more than natural cirrus clouds.

  

  David Travis
  • Clouds
  • Sunlight
  • Denser

• The people who run things are so successful in the way they do it now. They could buy me off with a couple of vintage prints, they could have you do an ad, or give you a ribbon... In capitalist countries they reward artists because we're ineffectual.

  

  Danny Lyon
  • Country
  • Running
  • Artist