George Tillman, Jr. Quotes

I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.

George Tillman, Jr.

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• A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Guitar
  • Times
  • Bass

• It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Me
  • Years
  • Drafts

• Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Father
  • Know

• None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • World
  • Family
  • School

• We get to a point where we're like, you know what, one day we're just not gonna be here anymore, so I'm going to enjoy every second of it.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Know
  • Day
  • Enjoy

• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • World
  • Men
  • Education

• Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Why
  • Bad
  • Luck

• That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Business
  • Think
  • Wish

• When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that explained how to be, how to laugh, what to wear, how to stand by yourself in the hallway. Everyone looked so natural - like they all practiced and knew exactly what to do - even the way they pushed their hair out of their face.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Feeling
  • Hair
  • Yourself

• Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Business
  • Market
  • France

• Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Good
  • You
  • Fire

• You mustn't smile when you lose. You have to be sad like other people. You have to win every game.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • People
  • Game
  • Sad

• I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Like
  • Winter
  • Snow

• America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

  

  Barack Obama
  • America
  • Justice
  • Progress

• When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.

  

  Pat Boone
  • People
  • Political
  • Caring

• All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • People
  • Movie
  • Me

• Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Food
  • Amazing
  • Cool

• High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • People
  • Time
  • Why

• It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Good
  • You
  • Born

• I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

  

  Charles Barkley
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Game

• We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.

  

  Leo Buscaglia
  • People
  • World

• You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.

  

  Daniel Pipes
  • Life
  • History

• In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest.

  

  Chris Gibson
  • Food
  • Stop

• I realized that food was actually a metaphor for bringing us all together. It's about us communicating and being like family.

  

  George Tillman, Jr.
  • Food
  • Metaphor
  • Communicating