Film Ted Quotes & Sayings

I thank thee, Mother Nature, that thou hast put ingenuity enough in the brain of a child, when attacked by a brutal parent, to throw up a little breastwork in the shape of a lie. — Robert Green Ingersoll

A local director had teamed up with ESPN to tell a story about the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, and the film came out in October of 2009. The 30 for 30 documentary entitled The Band That Wouldn't Die was about how the band stayed in existence for 12 years after the team's painful midnight exodus to Indianapolis and how they eventually became the Marching Ravens. — Ted Patterson

Authenticity requires us to slow down. Fast times require us to slow down. To be effective, we need to slow down our pace of thought and action and focus on managing our attention. To be authentic leaders we need to act from intention and choice rather than from habit and impulse. — Henna Inam

There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland. — Ted Sarandos

Are you one of those people? One of the people with too many good ideas? The folks who have notebooks filled with notions, or daydreams filled with the future? You've certainly met these people. They're too busy taking notes to get anything done, too busy inventing to actually instigate. To stop this process, one needs to do only two things: Start. And then . . . Ship. Can't — Seth Godin

I feel like I'm a designer, not a pop star. But if certain people think of me like a pop star, then the only thing I could do about this is dye my hair black and cut it short maybe. — Nicki Minaj

Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it. — Ned Rorem

You can't work on a film without being changed in some way. — Ted McGinley

God shows us his plan and connects us with others who share the same passion to extend his kingdom — Sunday Adelaja

I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that will hold an audience's attention. — Ted Danson

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film. — Ted Kotcheff

Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film. — Ted Lange

We hope that all coal mines will learn from the bitter lessons these accidents have taught and will strengthen their safety precautions. — Li Yizhong

Trust is not about being comfortable. It is about being willing to move beyond your comfort zone when there is absolutely no evidence you will be supported. Think of it this way. Trust is based on your ability to stand your ground and rely on your own abilities, knowing that no matter what happens, you will be better off than you were in the beginning. — Iyanla Vanzant

But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you. — Sarah Dessen

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film. — Ted Demme

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is not a direct-to-video, low-budget sequel: it's a big film. And it'd be fantastic to have the opportunity to see it on the IMAX screens at the same time, and IMAX has made arrangements with us for that to happen. — Ted Sarandos

When you listen to the music in this film [Despicable Me], it's working on the level of melody, but the other key element is lyrics. There are a number of songs in the film where the lyrics themselves are very much speaking to the essence of what Ted Geisel was setting out to do. — Christopher Meledandri

That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films. — Ted Demme

We deserve a culture predicated on today's realities, not yesterday's routine. As an independent-film producer and an avid fan of ambitious and diverse work in all forms - and as a citizen of the world - I am always excited to keep up with the changing times. But nothing has prepared me for the onslaught of the last few years. — Ted Hope

Do I look like the kind of person who wastes time turning goats into pin cushions? — L.J.Smith

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film. — Ted Shackelford

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3) Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports; (4) Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of warfare; (5) If a secret piece of news is divulged by a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death together with the man to whom the secret was told. — Sun Tzu

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity. — Ted Kotcheff

The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division. — Benjamin Cardozo

I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough. — Magic Johnson

Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film. — Ted Sarandos

We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it. — Ted Sarandos