Colleagues Quotes

• I never worry about what they think about me. Because I feel so far away from what my Italian colleagues have done that I almost automatically become an isolated director.

  

  Sergio Leone
  • Feels
  • Directors
  • Colleagues

• I was christened the "British Bulldog" by friends and colleagues who said I not only looked like a bulldog but fought like one. I was more of a fighter than a boxer. The "Blackpool Rock" originated from the fact that previous to becoming a fighter I was employed in the Blackpool Rock Factory, rock being a form of what Americans call candy.

  

  Brian London
  • Colleagues
  • British Bulldog
  • Blackpool Rock Factory

• I came into history from a primary concern with mathematics and science. This has been a tremendous help to me as a person and as a historian, although it must be admitted it has served to make my historical interpretations less conventional than may be acceptable of many of my colleagues in the field.

  

  Carroll Quigley
  • Helping
  • Mathematics
  • Concern

• He said of one or other eminent colleagues is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half.

  

  Erwin Chargaff
  • Colleagues
  • Eminent
  • Publishes

• I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

  

  Renee Fleming
  • Work
  • Colleagues
  • Revival

• I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

  

  Stephen Sondheim
  • Song
  • Mean
  • Songwriting

• LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Americans
  • Teachers
  • Soldiers

• I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will.

  

  Theresa May
  • Support
  • Leadership
  • Conservative Party

• Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.

  

  William Greider
  • Grace
  • Behavior
  • Caught

• At the moment, it actually says nothing about a possible cosmic-ray effect on clouds and climate, but it's a very important first step.” This may be because he was ordered to speak circumspectly. According to science writer Nigel Calder, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the director of the CERN lab, told a German newspaper that “I have asked the colleagues to present the results clearly, but not to interpret them. That would go immediately into the highly political arena of the climate change debate. One has to make clear that cosmic radiation is only one of many parameters.

  

  Rolf-Dieter Heuer
  • Important
  • Moments
  • Directors

• Mathematics and art are quite different. We could not publish so many papers that used, repeatedly, the same idea and still command the respect of our colleagues.

  

  Antoni Zygmund
  • Different
  • Art
  • Mathematics

• As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

  

  Joshua Foer
  • Remember
  • Memories
  • Names

• None of Ho Chi Minh's colleagues was as dedicated to the use of political struggle, psychological warfare, and diplomatic means as he was.

  

  William J. Duiker
  • Political
  • Struggle
  • Psychological

• When the chair of an investigating committee refuses to share vital findings or source information with any of his colleagues, his committee's ability to function has been fundamentally undermined.

  

  Raja Krishnamoorthi
  • Information
  • Colleagues
  • Investigating

• I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.

  

  Michael Gove
  • Party
  • Able
  • Conservative

• Dr. Frank Daschner once infuriated his colleagues by declaring: "You can sit on any toilet seat without the least risk, but don't, whatever you do, shake hands with your doctor.

  

  Edward Tenner
  • Risk
  • Doctor
  • Colleagues

• I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.

  

  Edward Zigler
  • Children
  • Study
  • Colleagues

• Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Ability
  • Impact
  • Strategy

• Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.

  

  Sharon Stone
  • People
  • Believe
  • Friends

• I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

  

  Michael Gove
  • Support
  • Optimistic
  • Messages

• Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

  

  Cary Grant
  • Respect
  • Honor
  • Colleagues

• Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.

  

  Michael Gove
  • School
  • Teacher
  • Interest

• I just want to listen and build relationships with as many of my colleagues as possible.

  

  Erik Paulsen
  • Want
  • Colleagues

• In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

  

  Russell Hornsby
  • Place
  • Jobs
  • Colleagues

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