Basilone Quotes & Sayings

Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters. — Casey Neistat

There's a lot of pointing. A festival of pointing and at very close range to other people's eyes, given the width of the space. Also detracting from the exhibit's potential tranquility is the display cabinet of pinned specimens along one wall. I found this disturbing from the start. You don't see a whole lot of stuffed polar bears in the polar bear exhibit at the zoo, for instance. And butterflies have phenomenal vision so it's not like they can't see the mass crucifixion in their midst. I was offended on behalf of the butterflies and thus pleased with my offense. Let the empathizing begin! This volunteering thing was working already. I am a good person, hear me give! — Sloane Crosley

Listening is more than being quiet. Listening is much more than silence. Listening requires undivided attention. The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard. The time to deal with a person with a problem is when he has the problem. The time to listen is the time when our interest and love are vital to the one who seeks our ear, our heart, our help, and our empathy. — Marvin J. Ashton

I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there. — David S. Rose

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun. — Dave Grohl

Evil is a point of view. We are immortal. And what we have before us are the rich feasts that conscience cannot appreciate and mortal men cannot know without regret. God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately He takes the richest and the poorest, and so shall we; for no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves, dark angels not confined to the stinking limits of hell but wandering His earth and all its kingdoms. — Anne Rice

seen that quick alteration of her features — Diane Chamberlain

Sgt. Basilone in his personal humility and unwavering dedication to the men who served with him, became a true hero of the American people during World War II. — Jim Proser

You are not useless. You are not hopeless. And no matter how scared you are, you will never be alone. And deep down, somewhere, in the part of you that decided the good days and your happiness and your health were all worth fighting for, you know that too. Hold onto that knowledge. It will see you through the worst. — Ella Ceron

Never fear your enemy but always respect them — John Basilone

I don't think many people will remember me when I retire. — Svetlana Boginskaya

How delicately language skirts the issue. How meaningless it is. — Audrey Niffenegger

Make Your wish Your Dream and Your Dream Your Goal; Your goal should be your passion to turn your wish into a reality — Ankit Mishra

Words can't express how humbled I am in being given the privilege to portray Gunnery Sergeant Basilone! — Jon Seda

What doesn't kill you, makes you fat. — Esmeralda Santiago

The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day — Graig Nettles

I'll be fine, they tell me. I won't die. — E. Lockhart