All Quotes

The controversies between the proletariat and the middle class had to be smoothed out and bridged over by each getting to know and understand the other.
‐‐ Fritz Sauckel

The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching 'The Simpsons,' so they know exactly what buttons to push. They know how Bart irritates Homer, and they use these lines against me to tell me that I'm not funny anymore.
‐‐ Matt Groening

The conventional, and painfully artificial, separation of the human realm from the natural other is bound to perish, albeit over a period of time, until we are obliged to learn how to cultivate our gardens under the most demanding conditions.
‐‐ John Burnside

The conventional Aristotelian plot proceeds by means of a protagonist, an antagonist, and a series of events comprising a rising action, climax and denouement.
‐‐ John Kessel

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.
‐‐ Henry A. Kissinger

The conventional definition of reality, and the idea of 'normal life', mean nothing.
‐‐ Sigmar Polke

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
‐‐ David Rockefeller

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
‐‐ John Kenneth Galbraith

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.
‐‐ Jerry Brown

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
‐‐ Ian Mckellen

The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a great country.' And a lot of that is true.
‐‐ James Gray

The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else.
‐‐ John C. McGinley

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.
‐‐ Denholm Elliott

The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.
‐‐ Jaleel White

The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
‐‐ Leonard Slatkin

The conversation has become so divisive now on all types of immigration reform that it is really hard to move anything.
‐‐ Suzan DelBene

The conversation of how you do a play is my favorite conversation in the whole wide world: what a play is, why it's different than anything else, the math of the way that human behavior has to be calibrated theatrically versus anything else.
‐‐ Anna D. Shapiro

The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
‐‐ Al Gore

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.
‐‐ Jonny Wilkinson

'The Conversation' was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.
‐‐ Petra Haden

The conversation we should be having is, what does Russia have from Hillary Clinton's server?
‐‐ Paul Manafort

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.
‐‐ Hill Harper

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
‐‐ Fran Lebowitz

The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith.
‐‐ Terry Eagleton

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
‐‐ Viktor Yushchenko

The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
‐‐ Padma Lakshmi

The cookie-cutter liberal, the standard operating procedure liberal, is really a giant ignoramus. I mean that seriously. They're really ignorant.
‐‐ Rush Limbaugh

The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're nurturing them, you're providing sustenance - it was never pure.
‐‐ Anthony Bourdain

The cooking standards for Italian food are less demanding than for French. All you need are some fried mozzarella and five pastas, and you're in business.
‐‐ Danny Meyer

The Cool Kids are Chicago. Me being from Michigan is a part of that dynamic.
‐‐ Chuck Inglish

The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
‐‐ Rupert Brooke

The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent.
‐‐ Christy Romano

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.
‐‐ Paula Abdul

The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years.
‐‐ George Saunders

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience a lot of different things, just by writing about them.
‐‐ Amos Lee

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.
‐‐ Britney Spears

The cool thing about designers is they have very specific points of view, and because my inspiration is always changing, it's easy to go, 'This feels right.' But just because I wear fancy dresses on weekends doesn't mean in my heart of hearts I'm not a jeans and T-shirt person.
‐‐ Brie Larson

The cool thing about doing a voice-over into a different language is that you get to bring the character of your own culture into it.
‐‐ Bridgit Mendler

The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.' I just think that he's a really, really special writer, and complex and deep, and a really smart dude.
‐‐ Jaime Ray Newman

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.
‐‐ Darren Criss

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
‐‐ Candace Cameron Bure

The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
‐‐ Halsey

The cool thing about pro wrestling is we do a lot more acting as far as characters in general than MMA. I know a lot of people like the MMA fighters because they like the rugged look.
‐‐ Kurt Angle

The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
‐‐ Taylor Swift

The cool thing about 'Spy Kids 3D: Game Over' was that Robert Rodriguez brought back 3D. I feel like he did with that film. Now, every film is 3D.
‐‐ Daryl Sabara

The cool thing about 'Sweet Tooth' is that you can bring influences from the underground and alternative people that I read and also bring in some genre influences, too, from movies and comics. And kind of mash it all up. It's a fun project.
‐‐ Jeff Lemire

The cool thing about 'Transparent' is that the show is funny but not like a sitcom is funny. It all comes down to the writing... The writers on that show are so good that you don't have to worry about anything. There are so many things that can go wrong making a TV show or a movie, but if the writing's good, that's, like, 95 percent of it.
‐‐ Rob Huebel

The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
‐‐ Tania Raymonde

The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
‐‐ Patricia Briggs