Lisa See Quotes

Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

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• I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Think
  • Wise
  • Back

• Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Up
  • Why
  • Job

• You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • People
  • Important
  • Real

• In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Beginning
  • Silence
  • Sound

• While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • May
  • Want
  • Trump

• My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.

  

  Laird Barron
  • Grandfather
  • Boxes
  • Failed

• I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • People
  • Know
  • Proud

• Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.

  

  Dan Abrams
  • People
  • Good
  • Hope

• None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Want
  • Understand
  • Delay

• If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Myself

• Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Rock
  • Like
  • Kiss

• A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Work
  • Sound
  • Marketing

• Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Work
  • Pretty
  • Night

• I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.

  

  Felix Hernandez
  • People
  • Believe
  • Trust

• I love men's wear.

  

  Lara Stone
  • Men
  • Love
  • I Love

• There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music, which let me know that women could write and produce their own music, which was an empowering moment for me.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Music
  • Women
  • She

• As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • World
  • Man
  • Wish

• To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Man
  • First
  • Principles

• Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Love
  • Trust
  • Progress

• Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.

  

  Zephyr Teachout
  • People
  • Power
  • Pretty

• What’s broken, and how do we fix it?

  

  Chip Heath
  • Broken

• We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Knowledge
  • Times
  • Hungry

• Angelina, Alicia, and Katie suddenly giggled. "What?" said Wood, frowning at this lighthearted behavior. "He's that tall, good-looking one, isn't he?" said Angelina. "Strong and silent," said Katie, and they started to giggle again. "He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together," said Fred impatiently.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Good
  • Together
  • Strong

• Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

  

  Lisa See
  • Times
  • Seeing
  • Hearing