Buford Tannen Quotes & Sayings

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. — Harold S. Geneen

Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull
into a cup for others to drink wine from.
In this town somewhere there sits a calm, intelligent man,
who doesn't know what he's about to do! — Rumi

In the partnership of a pure, holy purpose it (money)seems almost omnipotent. But when it is allowed to grip both lines and whip, it drives a man at such a pace as to use up all his strength, and leave him utterly winded for anything else. — S.D. Gordon

Dave couldn't remember the last time a grownup had apologized to him. — Andrew Clements

The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted. — Harry Triguboff

As a woman Penelope Cruz has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress she has not changed that much. She has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it. — Pedro Almodovar

Once you're heterosexual and comfortable with that, you don't need to take out an announcement every day. — Sandra Bernhard

The beauty of words! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Letting go of someone you loved wasn't hard. There was no word for what it was, because even if you didn't let them go they were still gone. — Lauren Kate

The reason that I think it is a waste of time to engage in moral value judgements about people's violence, is because it doesn't advance by one iota our understanding of either the causes or the prevention of the violent behaviour. — James Gilligan

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion. — Ernest Istook

On the Night of the Halloween, I have never seen any evil apparition or fearsome ghost but politicians on TV! They are the real goblins and specters! — Mehmet Murat Ildan