Leon Max Quotes
My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.
Quotes to Explore
-
This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
-
My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
-
The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
-
I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
-
Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
-
I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
-
I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
-
Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
-
I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
-
My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
-
One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
-
We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
-
Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
-
The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
-
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
-
Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
-
We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
-
I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
-
Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell.
-
You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
-
I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
-
Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught.
-
I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.
-
My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.
