Walter Wriston Quotes
I walk into all these organizations, and I'm always puzzled when I realize that people still want to be there. Most people really want to love their organizations. We need that level of commitment ... Yet organizations have done very little to deserve that kind of staying-power.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
-
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
-
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
-
I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
-
I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
-
I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
-
All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
-
Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
-
That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
-
Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
-
We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
-
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
-
I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
-
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
-
I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
-
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
-
I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
-
It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
-
I'm one of those lazy actors; I like to take what the playwright wrote and work with that.
-
Looking back now, I can see that my dad was a real fighter. A lot of people thought, 'Why don't you keep the Jewish stuff quiet?' They were anti-Semitic Jews. People who were afraid. People who came here and made it and anglicized themselves and didn't want to associate with their past.
-
I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.
-
I think Ang Lee is a very, very talented director. He used martial arts to talk about love and girl, you know... But Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts film to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope the world will become.
-
I walk into all these organizations, and I'm always puzzled when I realize that people still want to be there. Most people really want to love their organizations. We need that level of commitment ... Yet organizations have done very little to deserve that kind of staying-power.
