Approach Quotes

• Nixon tried to wrap the Soviet Union into a web of agreements that would constrain its behavior. What happened is that many people lost faith in that approach, not the least because of how the Soviets handled it.

  

  David Hoffman
  • People
  • Faith
  • Lost

• I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.

  

  Debra Wilson
  • Life
  • Approach
  • Do Well

• I think Ireland will come out with a very different approach. I think, certainly in terms of attack, they'll play a far different game. We're prepared for anything...

  

  Eddie Charles Jones
  • Different
  • Game
  • Ireland

• Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.

  

  Craig Newmark
  • Good
  • Approach
  • Gesture

• I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

  

  Jeanne Damas
  • Women
  • Get
  • Approach

• It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention.

  

  Steven Siro Vai Alcatrazz
  • Musician
  • Conventions
  • Elites

• It's not how deep you go, it's how you go deep.

  

  Ida Pauline Rolf
  • Way
  • Deep
  • Method

• Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal of organic farming is boundless; this mountain has no top, this river has no end.

  

  Eliot Coleman
  • Food
  • Mountain
  • Discovering

• I'm not a big fan of the high-altitude approach of mega TV ads.

  

  Foster Friess
  • High
  • Fan
  • Big

• Obama wants to stand for a peaceful, generous, encompassing approach that would bring all Americans, but not just Americans, the whole of international society, together to advance civilization towards what we all understand is necessary to advance. Because of that he's being subjected to very serious rejections from the reactionary portion of the system, which, unfortunately, is the dominant portion.

  

  Gilberto Gil
  • Together
  • Serious
  • Rejection

• Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don't have time to sit and ponder.

  

  Viswanathan Anand
  • Approach
  • Immense
  • Pondering

• Obviously the current approach on steroids both in professional sports and amateur sports is not working.

  

  Armand Hammer
  • Sports
  • Professional
  • Amateur

• Rapid innovation is the cure for the ills we face, but because innovation is difficult and susceptible to failure, we might need to rethink the way we approach innovation and how we drive it through our companies.

  

  Richard Owen
  • Business
  • Difficult
  • Company

• It is very important to be aware that you may never be satistied with your analytic career if you feel that you are restricted to what is narrowly called a ‘scientific’ approach. You will have to be able to have a chance of feeling that the interpretation you give is a beautiful one, or that you get a beautiful response from the patient. This aesthetic element of beauty makes a very difficult situation tolerable.

  

  Wilfred Bion
  • Important
  • Chance
  • Situation

• I view myself as having an adversarial approach to the media.

  

  Mike Cernovich
  • Media
  • Approach
  • Having

• We feel the community is talking about a community center, which could be phased in or discussed at a later date. We want to get the outdoor pool solidified. We have to approach this in a financial and judicious way.

  

  Doug Jackson Ambrosia
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Discussed

• We believe this approach (progress sharing) is a rational approach because you cooperate in creating the abundance that makes the progress possible, and then you share that progress after the fact, and not before the fact. Profit sharing would resolve the conflict between management apprehensions and worker expectations on the basis of solid economic facts as they materialize rather than on the basis of speculation as to what the future might hold.

  

  Walter Reuther
  • Creating
  • Rational
  • Cooperate

• Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those who approach it.

  

  Barbara Amiel
  • Power
  • Confidence
  • Sexy

• As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him as if struck by a sudden desire to make a sandwich.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Approach
  • Bread
  • Sandwich

• I’ve learnt to stop treating architecture as consisting of privileged forms and materials; that’s the hallmark of the strictly disciplinary approach. I think it is more realistic to start with the problems of the people and their environment.

  

  Alvaro Siza Vieira
  • Architecture
  • Approach
  • Disciplinary

• If I have ideas, I want to put them in the movie. It's not a minimalist approach at all but I feel like it's for the audience. It's about seeing how much texture we can give it and seeing how many things are there for people to latch on to... I just want to do it the way I want and I feel like it won't be helpful for me if I start worrying about that. I just have to follow my instincts. Everyone is going to respond differently to it and everybody's right - that's their point of view. That's how the story intersects with their lives.

  

  Wes Anderson
  • Worry
  • Audience
  • Instinct

• If only we could love ourselves enough to dare to approach God, what constructive dreams he would give us! What noble possibilities God wants to reveal to us - possibilities that would offer stimulation plus real security in service. But we feel too unworthy. So one layer of negative behavior is laid upon another until we emerge as rebellious sinners. But our rebellion is a reaction, not our nature. By nature we are fearful, not bad.

  

  Robert H. Schuller
  • God
  • Love
  • Ourselves

• I saw Double Leopards play at my school and realized there were other ways to approach noisy music that weren't necessarily aggressive. That became a very important concept for me as a musician. I don't think I would have been that interested in creating and performing my own music if it wasn't for this group.

  

  Oneohtrix Point Never
  • Approach
  • Aggressive
  • Necessarily

• Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.

  

  Gemma Galgani
  • Flesh
  • Shoulders
  • Thorns

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