Empecherado Quotes & Sayings

Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion. — Benjamin Whichcote

I went from working with Spielberg to working with Clint Eastwood - I might as well just retire. — Owain Yeoman

There's nothing wrong with saying, "I want to have more," "I want to be more," "I did this for money." — Suze Orman

Don't stop aspiring. Just learn to duck. . . — Leif Herrgesell

No more guns for you. — Ross Macdonald

Three rules of good negotiation:
1. Know what the other party wants.
2. Listen carefully.
3. Don't let your emotions get in the way of a good deal. — Betty Liu

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. — Ethel Merman

In a similar vein the author recalls sending an email to a senior music executive in the early 2000's and getting a reply in the post, hand written on a print out of his original email. — Mark Mulligan

I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on. — Patricia Birch

The capitalist system only allows us to heap up waste. I would like to propose that the trillions of money earmarked for war should be channeled to make good the damage to the environment, to make reparations to the earth. — Evo Morales

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name. — Orson Scott Card

Come, what did I say, repeat it? he would ask. But I could never repeat anything, so ludicrous it seemed that he should talk to me, not of himself or me, but of something else, as though it mattered what happened outside us. Only much later I began to have some slight understanding of his cares and to be interested in them. — Leo Tolstoy

Some days I have a knot in my stomach because I've got to sit down and come up with something in womenswear that no one else came up with. — Ralph Lauren