London In 1984 Quotes & Sayings

In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination. — David Harsanyi

I spent seven years in France. Then, I went to Asia for five years. I came to London in 1984 and then America in 1985. In 1991, I opened my first restaurant in New York City. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

My earliest memories of horror are 'Friday the 13th Part 2,' John Carpenter's 'The Thing,' 'Halloween,' 'An American Werewolf in London,' and 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' ... and 'Hatchet' is so obviously inspired by those films that I may as well have made it in 1984. — Adam Green

I suppose if the offending paparazzi was wearing a hoodie and I shot him, it would all blow over. — Alec Baldwin

Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea. — Jacqueline Leo

This is what happens when an outlaw kidnaps a scholar of myths and legends. — Doris Egan

Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn't just mean diversity. It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn't have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance. — Bassam Tibi

It's all taking the customer's money and giving him exactly what he wants and then leaving him poorer than when he started. — Robert M. Pirsig

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. — Diogenes

They say you should never eat before you go to bed, but I've found just having a tiny little snack - like half an apple or something like that - before you go to sleep really helps. — Kelly Osbourne

Ye are most strong, ye Sons of the icy North, of the far East, far marching from your rugged Eastern Wildernesses, hither-ward from the gray Dawn of Time! Ye are Sons of the Jotun-land; the land of Difficulties Conquered. Difficult? You
must try this thing. Once try it with the understanding that it will and shall have to be done. Try it as ye try the paltrier thing, making of money! I will bet on you once more, against all Jo'tuns, Tailor-gods, Double-barrelled Law-wards, and Denizens of Chaos whatsoever! — Thomas Carlyle

Montesquieu well knew, and justly admired, the happy constitution of this country [Great Britain], where fixed and known laws equally restrain monarchy from tyranny and liberty from licentiousness. — Lord Chesterfield

Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise ... Blessed are those whose strength is in you ... blessed is the one who trusts in you! — David

For a woman to direct a movie in Hollywood, she has to go through so many layers of rejection by the powers that be - I suppose including myself - that it is harder to get to that point. So you can't just create something. And I think there is a whole unconscious mountain. — Amy Pascal

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes. — David Byrne

The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness. — Sydney J. Harris