Alice Waters Quotes

I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

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• The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Problem
  • Best
  • Baseball

• You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • You
  • Brain
  • Silver

• The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • English
  • End
  • Personal

• To be honest, when I'm home, every day is a Friday for me. It doesn't really matter what day it is for me. A lot of my friends actually have time off during the week, and so it doesn't prohibit me from enjoying myself when I am home on a Monday or a Tuesday.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Time
  • Home
  • Friends

• From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • England
  • Only
  • Spoke

• Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.

  

  Edmund White
  • Men
  • Women
  • Trying

• Responsible statesmen have only one choice - to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Any other position is short-sighted; more so, it is suicidal.

  

  Yuri Andropov
  • Everything
  • Choice
  • Possible

• You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

  

  Patrick Leahy
  • You
  • Opinions
  • Democrats

• My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.

  

  Iain Glen
  • Me
  • Wife
  • Child

• I've got tons more stuff to do.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Stuff
  • More
  • Got

• The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Kids
  • Problem
  • Perception

• They told me I gave the best milk mustache of anybody.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Me
  • Best
  • Told

• If you are a woman, you might feel torn between logical agreement and emotional resistance. Why? It seems like a simpler solution to blame men for the pay gap than to engineer your own bridge to higher pay.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Why
  • Woman

• I love looking at people who have achieved a lot - even Kim Kardashian, who has made a brand out of being a reality TV star; I applaud that.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • People
  • Star
  • Brand

• For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Writing
  • Growth
  • English

• I didn't necessarily grow up in a trailer park, but there is a brief part of that in my life. So I can make fun of it a little bit. I'm not too much of an outsider, where I'm just making fun of someone.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Life
  • Up
  • Fun

• I joined PETA for minks and dogs. I need my beef, my chicken, my seafood.

  

  Waka Flocka Flame
  • Need
  • Dogs
  • Chicken

• My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose cycling to lose weight. I was only eight at the time, so I just followed what my mum did.

  

  Laura Trott
  • Reason
  • Inspiration
  • Lose

• What it really comes down to, especially in metal, is that the bass needs to cut through, so you go to the pick for that effect. But when you have a certain feel about the music and really dig in to get a big growl, you have to go with the fingers, because you're not going to get it with a pick.

  

  Johnny Christ
  • Music

• Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners, no matter what our backgrounds, cultures, faiths and histories.

  

  Hassanal Bolkiah
  • Peace
  • Prosperity
  • Cultures

• Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

  

  Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Truth
  • Violence
  • Violent

• That's the thing about sleepwalking . You can walk, eat, have conversations and even drive cars in perfect safety. The danger comes from waking up too quickly.

  

  Erin Kelly
  • Safety
  • Danger
  • Conversations

• I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

  

  Alice Waters