Ben Jaffe (Benjamin Jaffe) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
-
Going to the Super Bowl is not the reward. It's playing really well and winning.
-
I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
-
Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
-
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
-
I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
-
World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
-
God is everywhere.
-
There's a great danger in making this seem more important than it is, this whole Free Cinema thing.
-
People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
-
Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
-
I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
-
I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed.
-
The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.
-
There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that 'God' or 'The Force' or whatever word you use for it, I do believe in a spiritualized mechanism.
-
I've got a very interesting background.
-
Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
-
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
-
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night.
-
I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.
-
What I've always been most interested in is exposing the way stories and fantasies reconstitute our everyday reality. What appears to be non-fiction is not only totally mysterious, unfathomable, and strange when you really look at what it is.
-
Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
-
I'm sure we're going to be up all night telling stories.
