Chris Raschka Quotes

I never quite know if what I do will be understood.

Chris Raschka

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• Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Important
  • Been
  • Destination

• My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Music
  • Father
  • Piano

• If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • You
  • Succeed
  • Fail

• Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • Nothing
  • More
  • Diamonds

• The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.

  

  Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  • World
  • Today
  • Peace

• I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Work
  • Faith

• My wife wants me to eat fish; she says it is delicious. But I don't like fish, so that is that.

  

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • Wife
  • Wants
  • Delicious

• There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.

  

  Frances Burney
  • Age
  • Earth
  • Respect

• The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Voice
  • Doing

• For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

  

  Larry Page
  • Important
  • Security
  • Privacy

• I think that therapy is great and can be incredibly helpful.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Great
  • Think
  • Therapy

• Whenever some kind of mass shooting or any other kind of violent activity takes place, we kind of hold our breath until we are sure that no Muslim was involved, because we know that these incidents will be treated differently if a Muslim is involved versus if somebody of another background is involved.

  

  Ibrahim Hooper
  • Know
  • Kind
  • Place

• Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • World
  • Important
  • Respect

• I'm a huge fan of the films of the '70s and even into the '80s, Sidney Lumet, all those films that used what was going on in people's lives as drama. And not only are you entertained, but hopefully have a greater understanding of your world coming out of it.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • People
  • World
  • Understanding

• I'm not a big fan of anniversaries.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Fan
  • Big
  • Big Fan

• Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say 'I've got cancer' and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Good
  • Comedy

• Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. Isn’t that true?

  

  Amy Tan
  • True
  • Hope
  • Dream

• The unconscious, which those who always speak of it least possess.

  

  Elias Canetti

• I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.

  

  Robert Plant Led Zeppelin
  • World
  • Heaven

• When you are the kid of an actor, it's always a very inviting world. Everyone is nice to you, the hair and make-up people braid your hair and play with you, and the costume department makes outfits for your teddy bears.

  

  Katherine Waterston
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.

  

  Willem Dafoe
  • Thinking
  • Mistake
  • Choices

• I never quite know if what I do will be understood.

  

  Chris Raschka