I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective. Ursus Wehrli One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it’s in places where it makes no sense at all. Ursus Wehrli I am always fascinated by the structure of things; why do things work this …
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. Colin Kaepernick I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm’s way for my freedom of speech and my …
People love to be told stories, but it’s the sugar that draws you into the theater. Craig Bierko Television shows, especially hour-longs, are hard, tiring work. Those people are very tired and very rich. But they’re working really hard, and to create the illusion of having the time of your life like that, you really …
Holy cow! Harry Caray Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I’ll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will. Harry Caray You know they’re not going to lose 162 consecutive games. Harry Caray I know it is the fans …
Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. Steven Seagal I love getting out on the streets and helping people. Steven Seagal I have no fear of death. More important, I don’t fear life. Steven Seagal I love Russia. Some people love Africa, some people love Mexico, some people love …
When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions – all my own, I might add – I ended up literally homeless, before that was …
Sometimes we make progress in leaps. And sometimes we make them in small steps. Wilson Cruz When we talk about LGBT characters on TV we’re talking about the entire rainbow, and that includes trans people, and that includes non-binary people, people of color, women, differently-abled people. There is so much opportunity for storytelling there, and …
Migration is as natural as breathing, as eating, as sleeping. It is part of life, part of nature. So we have to find a way of establishing a proper kind of scenario for modern migration to exist. And when I say ‘we,’ I mean the world. We need to find ways of making that migration …
I’ve never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part. Stuart Woods It seems to me that most people are interested in reading about characters who are richer than they are. Stuart Woods I’m as much my own master as anyone can be, without …
Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to anything. Gregg Easterbrook And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL’s site. Gregg Easterbrook And then ESPN fired me. I did not think that was a fitting punishment. …
What are Raphael’s Madonnas but the shadow of a mother’s love, fixed in permanent outline forever? Thomas Wentworth Higginson Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. Thomas Wentworth Higginson All… religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. …
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In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age. Thomas Gold I wrote somewhere during the Cold War that I sometimes wish the Iron Curtain were much taller than it is, so that you could see whether the development of science …
When I visited Moscow for the first time in 1998, I wandered into the historic Metropol Hotel as a curious tourist simply to ogle the giant painted glass ceiling that hangs over the grand restaurant off the lobby. It was the memory of that short visit that prompted me, some years later, to set ‘A …
I’m happy to sparkle like a glazed disco ball. Paloma Elsesser You don’t want to be too hot in the club. And ambience is important – no fog machines. Paloma Elsesser I think self-love isn’t some destination you get to and you are then incapable of feeling those feelings, but a journey in which you …
Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there. Julian Morris Acting for me is finding those things that, finding the strings of humanity that tie us all together. And you only find that by living life and loving and breaking up. Julian Morris
Marcus Crassus cannot, any more than Pompeius, be reckoned among the unconditional adherents of the oligarchy. Theodor Mommsen When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. Theodor Mommsen …
I collect records pretty assiduously, so I’ve got, like, a massive record collection. I still DJ. Wilson Bethel It’s almost a joke how good I am at charades. Not to pat my own back, but I’m literally – I’m kind of unstoppable. Wilson Bethel I’ve been having these dinner parties at my house in L.A. …
And you don’t want to just totally mess up the rhythm when you’re playing with Bob Dylan. Jenna Elfman It’s such a pleasurable experience to look back, and all of the fun I had just comes rushing back. Jenna Elfman And I’m so excited to remind people and even gain new fans who find out …
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. Robertson Davies A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. Robertson Davies The most …
Toronto is a special city, and the environment is perfect for the arts; free and alive. I’m a New Yorker, and Toronto reminds me of a much cleaner New York, so it’s like coming home after your mom just cleaned your room for you; for me that’s a lovely environment. Emory Cohen I did ‘Pines,’ …
Triple Agent’ is a different kind of read because it is, at its core, a pure narrative, the story of an intelligence operation that unfolds over the course of a year and then goes badly wrong. There’s a lot of ‘news’ in the book, including an account of drone warfare that is as detailed, in …
The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We’ve got to fix it. Kenneth Langone The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don’t do a very good job. Kenneth Langone America is a powerful country. America is a great country. We have enormous resiliency. …
Neatness – which is grooming, after all – is definitely the most important requirement. Babe Paley The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me. Babe Paley I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness. Babe Paley I’m still one of those persons who …
A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time. Norah Jones It’s fun to peek into other people’s worlds and see how they go about doing things. Norah Jones I make a good fried chicken. Norah Jones During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup …
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in with some kids whose parents worked there. We staged all-kid versions of ‘Hamlet’, ‘Cymbeline’, a few others. All the while, I was making short films; monster movies, slapstick comedies, claymation. Matt …
We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance… And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us. Joan D. Vinge Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear. Joan D. Vinge Throughout the ages, stories …
I believe in decentralized management that includes a lot of delegation, empowerment, and accountability. Anthony Scaramucci You have to accept your fate; do it without bitterness and stay humble. Anthony Scaramucci I am a straight shooter. Anthony Scaramucci This is the problem with the leaking. This is actually a terrible thing. Let’s say I’m firing …
I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ’cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good …
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. Jim Horning Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be. Jim Horning
The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact. Christine Tsai If you invest the time earlier to create structure and process around communication, planning, and goal-setting, you can …
Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork. Tom Conti When the plane is delayed, it’s not the fault of the girl at the desk. I’m resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric. Tom Conti If you …
Conformity is painful. You know, it’s too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom. Thomas Jane You want to please society. You want to be happy. You want to be well liked. You want to be held in high esteem and be respected. …
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It’s what you leave behind you when you go. Randy Travis I’m happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that. Randy Travis For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made …
The only continent where social movements have led to political parties that have pushed through serious social and political reforms is in South America. Tariq Ali I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of ‘Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends’ as a birthday present. It sat on my shelves for many …
I feel very responsible for my brother, and I try and protect him every chance I get. Charlie Tahan I don’t try and be competitive with auditions. When I go on one, I kind of just forget about it. Charlie Tahan I started watching actual movies when I was pretty young. Charlie Tahan I don’t …
The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common interests. No country is immune to such global challenges as cybercrime, hacking, and invasion of privacy. Lu Wei Positive energy is meant to give people confidence and hope, encourage people to love their country, society and life, as well as …
If you don’t get feedback from your performers and your audience, you’re going to be working in a vacuum. Peter Maxwell Davies If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you’re going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer. Peter Maxwell Davies …
A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. Herbert Beerbohm Tree People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty. Herbert Beerbohm Tree Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don’t mind. Herbert Beerbohm Tree I was born old and get younger every day. At …
With a recent birthday, I’ve been acting now for twenty years. Thayer David Dan Curtis, our producer, has the idea that people like to see a stock company of actors. Thayer David I’ve played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy. Thayer David I think we’ve established a convention on the show …
I believe the world to be a muffin pan, and there certainly are a lot of muffins here. Aaron Funk I find when I’m more awake, I tend to think more of the structure and movement of a tune, abrupt transitions, etc.; things becoming more composed. Aaron Funk I just do these ‘Sleep’ type tracks …