Lawrence Timmons Quotes

We have to back each other up no matter what. Defense, you have to do your job, and offense has to do theirs.

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• There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Men
  • Man
  • Humor

• My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Mother
  • Environment
  • Unique

• I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Science
  • Years
  • Fiction

• Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

  

  Saint Bernard
  • Nature
  • Death
  • Humility

• In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Interest
  • Bookstores

• For me, family has always come first.

  

  Candace Parker
  • Family
  • Me
  • Always

• I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • People
  • Language
  • Smile

• My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

  

  T Bone Burnett
  • Myself
  • Idea
  • Original

• God does arithmetic.

  

  Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • God
  • Does
  • Arithmetic

• It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Alone
  • Moral
  • Balance

• When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Success
  • Emotional
  • Regret

• I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Life
  • Good
  • Great

• The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?

  

  Rae Carson
  • Being
  • Awesome
  • Common

• That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • People
  • World
  • Money

• Since I'm a vegetarian, I try to focus on getting my protein and iron needs met.

  

  Hannah Marks
  • Focus
  • Try
  • Iron

• When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Basketball
  • Down
  • Gets

• I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Important
  • Children
  • Love

• Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Friends
  • Night
  • Mom

• People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.

  

  John Wells
  • People
  • She

• When I was elected to Congress, this was the No. 1 issue businesses brought up. They said that if we want this country to succeed, we need immigration reform.

  

  Elizabeth Esty
  • Up
  • Country
  • Immigration

• Zeus had loved his old friend, and lifted him up, and set him among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius. Here, in the Zodiac, now above, now below the horizon, he assists in the regulation of our destinies, though in this latter time few living mortals cast their eyes respectfully toward Heaven, and fewer still sit as students to the stars.

  

  John Updike
  • Up
  • Time
  • Friend

• I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • People
  • God
  • Children

• I do enjoy doing pantomime at Christmas. If I didn't do it, I'd feel as though I was missing something.

  

  Kenny Baker
  • Missing
  • Christmas

• We have to back each other up no matter what. Defense, you have to do your job, and offense has to do theirs.

  

  Lawrence Timmons
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