Gene Simmons (Gene Klein) Quotes

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

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• I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Years
  • Actor
  • Over

• This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • People
  • World
  • Heart

• Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.

  

  J. M. G. Le Clezio
  • Free
  • Reading
  • Practice

• The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Good
  • Music
  • Sound

• From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Age

• Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.

  

  Ione Skye
  • People
  • Young
  • Realize

• We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.

  

  Jackie Speier
  • Money
  • Trust
  • Information

• I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • God
  • Writing
  • Why

• As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Time
  • Carpenter
  • Mentioned

• I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.

  

  Mae West
  • Believe
  • Fortune
  • Censorship

• Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • Just
  • News
  • Boring

• Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • People
  • Great
  • Fun

• 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

• The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?

  

  Edmond Rostand
  • Life
  • Dream
  • Alone

• The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Up
  • Constitution
  • Physics

• Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and Entering' - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to L.A., during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing 'Gossip Girl,' and I auditioned, and things came together.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • Together
  • Girl
  • Gossip

• In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you'll still be kept at arm's length; you'll always be looked on as a foreigner.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Always
  • Language
  • Learn

• I'm addicted to the dynamics of relationships whether they be in love, work, between strangers on the streets, or in the world in general.

  

  Rachael Yamagata
  • World
  • Work
  • Stranger

• Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment, and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.

  

  Kathleen McDonald
  • Understanding
  • Happiness
  • Suffer

• I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Sister
  • Being
  • Big

• In general, my advice is to seek out people and new ideas when you travel.

  

  Arthur Frommer
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Travel

• There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

  

  Gene Simmons
  • Ideas
  • Being
  • Brilliant