George Weinberg Quotes

As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.

George Weinberg

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• I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.

  

  Natsuo Kirino
  • May
  • Age
  • Know

• Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Thinking
  • Business
  • Technology

• I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Different
  • Words
  • Years

• I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.

  

  Laura Fraser
  • Power
  • Always
  • Never

• I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Done
  • Success
  • Failure

• Golfers don't scream. Golfers just adjust the pleats in their pants and go from there. That's about as antagonistic as we get.

  

  Gary McCord
  • Just
  • Go
  • Pants

• To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Live
  • Say
  • Lie

• One naturally wonders if the problem of translation could conceivably be treated as a problem in cryptography. When I look at an article in Russian, I say: 'This is really written in English, but it has been coded in some strange symbols. I will now proceed to decode.'

  

  Warren Weaver
  • English

• From the Asia Pacific to Africa to the Americas, the United States and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom and security and peace that the world has ever known. That is your legacy. That is what we have to protect, and that is what we have to defend.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Peace

• A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

  

  Jacob Epstein
  • Why
  • Dog

• They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.

  

  Irene Dunne
  • Up

• It is better to ride a pony than a horse which throws you.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Horse

• With comedy, it's a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good - it made you laugh, it made people on the crew laugh. With drama, you do something deep and if your stuff was really effective, the ultimate result is silence. Silence is not necessarily... that would also be the result if you sucked.

  

  Chris Pratt
  • People
  • Good
  • Comedy

• Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.

  

  Jake Gyllenhaal

• No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.

  

  Frank Robinson
  • Black

• We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

  

  Pericles
  • Real
  • Poverty

• I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism.

  

  Bela Karolyi
  • Tired
  • Criticism

• Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

  

  David Oyelowo

• Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists between women and men in these communities is holding back progress. These women have a very tough time, so much is expected of them.

  

  Dionne Warwick
  • People
  • Time
  • Men

• We all want Grace, but we cannot enjoy Grace when there is an attitude of comparing.

  

  Jerry Bridges
  • Attitude
  • Enjoy
  • Grace

• I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Why
  • Man

• For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.

  

  Laura Harring
  • Up
  • Me
  • Value

• Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Men
  • Women
  • Change

• As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.

  

  George Weinberg
  • Men
  • Value
  • Independence