Ben Elliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
-
It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
-
I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
-
I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
-
With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
-
Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
-
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
-
On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
-
It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
-
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
-
Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
-
Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
-
Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
-
But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
-
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
-
Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
-
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
-
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
-
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.
-
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
-
When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
-
We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.
-
For me, a stay at the Uma Paro with Pilates every morning is a perfect escape.
