Alexander Payne Quotes

I want all of my films to belong to me.

Alexander Payne

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• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Death
  • Government
  • Lying

• When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

  

  Maggie Gallagher
  • Power
  • Political
  • Politics

• The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Death
  • Body
  • Spirit

• Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

  

  Walter Winchell
  • You
  • Relationship
  • Always

• Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Different
  • Think

• I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Movies
  • Scary
  • Thrill

• Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Body

• For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Time
  • Long
  • Friends

• I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

  

  A. C. Benson
  • Read
  • Fiction
  • Newspaper

• I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Time
  • Done
  • Business

• I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • God
  • Why
  • Faith

• I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Work
  • Money
  • Why

• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Care
  • Achievement
  • Act

• There has been a major shift in how we live in our homes. Everyone knows the kitchen is the soul of the house. It's more of an open-concept approach.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Live
  • Soul
  • House

• Education is the most powerful tool countries have for boosting economic growth, increasing prosperity, and forging more just, peaceful and equitable societies.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Education
  • Powerful
  • Growth

• I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee together, but then it's list-making time. I have carpentry projects. We have roads we keep in repair. It's not back-breaking, but it's certainly aerobic and mildly strenuous.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Up
  • Time
  • Together

• Israel, contrary to most of the West, has a high fertility rate, so there's a lot of young people in Israel. Most families have three kids as opposed to one or two, so a big proportion of the population is under 30.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • People
  • Kids
  • High

• A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

  

  J. G. Holland
  • Heaven

• There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.

  

  Sofia Villani Scicolone
  • Men
  • Forever
  • Made

• When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • Time
  • Work
  • Think

• Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm.

  

  Albert Bandura
  • People
  • Value
  • Serious

• When I play with people, one of the first rules is to listen. Just by the near fact that you listen and you're open to listening, or you're listening and you're open to what this other person is doing. Also you going to be open to what you're doing and you're not going to have it like planned out.

  

  Hamid Drake
  • People
  • Rules

• I want all of my films to belong to me.

  

  Alexander Payne