Edward Norton Quotes

When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

Edward Norton

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• I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Winter
  • Kitchen
  • Waves

• Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Opinion
  • Popular
  • Diversity

• There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

  

  E. B. White
  • Always
  • Complicated
  • Limit

• I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Future
  • Look
  • Where

• I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.

  

  Natalie Maines
  • Kids
  • Stress
  • Anxiety

• To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Looks
  • Parent
  • Misfortune

• If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Money
  • Man
  • Rich

• If you truly believe in a united Jerusalem, deeds have to be more than words. We need a real united Jerusalem. It takes determination, audacity, and money to provide full services and law enforcement in the entire city.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Believe
  • Real
  • Money

• I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Think
  • Success
  • Political

• And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Country
  • Boys
  • Here

• My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Family
  • Brother
  • Year

• Most inventions are based on some prior history.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • History
  • Most
  • Inventions

• The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to be careful to prevent their growth in our own.

  

  John Adams
  • Growth

• I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.

  

  Joan Allen

• JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have. Then, you go back and look at 'I Dream of Jeannie' - I mean, he's a comic genius, as well. So, I think they should give him an honorary Emmy Award.

  

  Charlene Tilton
  • Character
  • Dream
  • Evil

• The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

  

  Bianca Jagger
  • Up
  • World
  • War

• In times of uncertainty, employees crave clarity. As a leader, you won't always have all of the answers - no one expects you to - so you must be open to listening and learning from others. Once you understand a particular challenge and outline the options, you have to be confident in making bold and optimistic decisions.

  

  Marillyn Hewson
  • Learning
  • Challenge
  • Listening

• I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.

  

  Rita Ora
  • People

• There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree or cleans a corner of neglect. For it is the individual who himself benefits, and also protects a heritage of beauty for his children and future generations.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • Important
  • Children
  • Future

• I often write things, and then I think it's too personal for the Moodies. It's not something that I could share with other guys to say.

  

  Justin Hayward The Moody Blues

• I don't want to do a history lesson. I don't think cinema should be about that. Cinema should be about emotions.

  

  Diego Luna
  • History

• We are the choices we make.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Choices
  • Make

• Generally speaking, they have as many stars as other firms, but they are low-key about it, because that's not the Goldman way, but their bench is a lot deeper. I think Goldman has as many A players, but more importantly they have fewer C players. And no firm, I have noticed, has the depth anywhere like that.

  

  William D. Cohan

• When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

  

  Edward Norton