Sam Abell Quotes

When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

Sam Abell

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• For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

  

  Lara St. John
  • Government
  • Years
  • Canada

• There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • God
  • Universe
  • Chance

• I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • Trying
  • Book

• You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Up
  • Brain
  • Thought

• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • World
  • May
  • Together

• We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.

  

  Sam Kean
  • Human
  • Look
  • Biology

• I became friends with the leader of the underground vampire world. He had a fangsmith, so I had a pair made... It has become kind of my signature thing.

  

  Madison McKinley
  • World
  • Friends
  • Leader

• Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Platform
  • Infrastructure

• I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • People
  • Know
  • Internet

• I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Time
  • Music
  • Know

• When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Long
  • Me
  • Short

• Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Most
  • Often
  • Cyber

• Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • People
  • Work
  • Friends

• Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

  

  Abraham Cowley
  • Curiosity
  • Devotion
  • Less

• Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Price
  • Expensive
  • Ducks

• The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Growth
  • Consciousness
  • Key

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• After reading and studying and getting in touch with the amount of information that I had while I was researching to play Pablo, it just reinforced the idea that I had that the war on drugs is a big flop.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • War
  • Reading
  • Information

• Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Life
  • Great
  • Men

• I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.

  

  Sting The Police
  • Fly

• Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do.

  

  John Walters
  • Friends
  • Parents

• I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

  

  S. J. Watson
  • Wish
  • Stupid
  • Weak

• When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

  

  Sam Abell
  • Believe
  • Parents
  • Culture