Alexander Payne Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
-
For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
-
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
-
I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
-
Second place is just the first place loser.
-
I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
-
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
-
I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
-
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
-
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
-
My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
-
My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
-
When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
-
In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
-
I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
-
We may define therapy as a search for value.
-
Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.
-
Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit.
-
I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
-
The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
-
It's always nice working with friends. And if you have a director that you've worked with before, you don't have to go through that first learning thing. There's an element of trust there.
-
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
-
Politics is gut; commercials are gut.
-
I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
