All Quotes

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.
‐‐ Steven Squyres

The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.
‐‐ Arthur C. Danto

'The Rocky Horror Show' was actually my first musical love.
‐‐ Jennifer Saunders

The Rocky Mountains realize - nay, exceed - the dream of my childhood. It is magnificent, and the air is life-giving.
‐‐ Isabella Bird

The rocky time came right after I left school. I spent a lot of time at night navigating the streets of Paris trying to find something to eat.
‐‐ Djimon Hounsou

The rogue states have to be told that there are lines that cannot be crossed.
‐‐ Isaac Herzog

The role and the script are not the only factor to chose or do a film, but the names associated with the project also matters.
‐‐ Tena Desae

The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval.
‐‐ Joseph Crowley

The role I really want to sing is Elisabetta from 'Don Carlo.'
‐‐ Anna Netrebko

The role I see for my books is trying to think through the consequences of various things because a lot of the issues around technology and the nuances in it are not usually widely appreciated. That's how I view my writing as I sort of explore this terra incognita ahead of us in an effort to try to understand where we might be heading.
‐‐ Daniel Suarez

The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
‐‐ Patricia Hill Collins

The role of a chef isn't to reinvent dishes but to tweak.
‐‐ Jean-Georges Vongerichten

The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.
‐‐ Patch Adams

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
‐‐ Lenny Bruce

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.
‐‐ Ken Robinson

The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.
‐‐ Margaret Halsey

The role of a leader is to create a reality and not to be influenced by polls.
‐‐ Tzipi Livni

The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts.
‐‐ Edward Levi

The role of a modern studio chief is much different to how the old studio chiefs used to operate. It's not so much a position of power anymore, but a position of influence.
‐‐ Ronald Meyer

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.
‐‐ David Rockefeller

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
‐‐ Anais Nin

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
‐‐ Orlando Bloom

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
‐‐ Leonard Slatkin

The role of art in society differs for every artist.
‐‐ Maya Lin

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.
‐‐ June Allyson

The role of business in advancing women's rights is growing, particularly in the area of economic opportunity including opening access to training, mentoring, networks, markets, technology and even to capital in some circumstances.
‐‐ Melanne Verveer

The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's lives better - while using fewer resources - and to act lawfully and with integrity.
‐‐ Charles Koch

The role of Charlie Eppes has changed me. I never imagined I would play a role like this. I lost some weight, grew my hair and now every woman in America over 40 wants to date me. It's their daughters I want to convince. The truth is all this talk makes me blush. Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.
‐‐ David Krumholtz

The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country.
‐‐ Stephen Fincher

The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
‐‐ Yves Behar

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.
‐‐ Tom Clancy

The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.
‐‐ Lee Myung-bak

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.
‐‐ Joe Lhota

The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically.
‐‐ Frans de Waal

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.
‐‐ Emily Greene Balch

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
‐‐ Carlos Ghosn

The role of liquidity in systemic events provides yet another reason why, in the future, a more system wide or macroprudential approach to regulation is needed.
‐‐ Ben Bernanke

The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'
‐‐ Idris Elba

The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.
‐‐ Lara Giddings

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.
‐‐ Thomas G. Stemberg

The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.
‐‐ John Henrik Clarke

The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.
‐‐ Leonardo DiCaprio

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action.
‐‐ Simon Mainwaring

The role of the architect as artist is an ancient one, but it was de-emphasized with the rise of modernism, which rejected the drawing-based Beaux-Arts tradition in favor of a more technocratic approach.
‐‐ Martin Filler

The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always.
‐‐ Rick Warren

The role of the defense is to be an advocate for their client, regardless of whether he did it or not, within the bounds of the law.
‐‐ Jeffrey Toobin

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.
‐‐ Preston Manning

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.
‐‐ Albert Camus

The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress.
‐‐ Terry Eagleton