Polian Quotes & Sayings

A man must serve his time to every trade,
Save censure-critics all are ready made.
Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote
With just enough learning to misquote ... — Lord Byron

A lot of what acting is is paying attention. — Robert Redford

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. — Swami Vivekananda

Animals are locked in a perpetual present. They can learn from recent events, but they are easily distracted by what is in front of their eyes. Slowly, over a great period of time, our ancestors overcame this basic animal weakness. By looking long enough at any object and refusing to be distracted - even for a few seconds - they could momentarily detach themselves from their immediate surroundings. In this way they could notice patterns, make generalizations, and think ahead. They had the mental distance to think and reflect, even on the smallest scale.
These early humans evolved the ability to detach and think as their primary advantage in the struggle to avoid predators and find food. It connected them to a reality other animals could not access. Thinking on this level was the single greatest turning point in all of evolution - the emergence of the conscious, reasoning mind. — Robert Greene

You ever make fun of someone so much, you think you should thank them for all the good times you've had? — Dave Attell

To fully understand another's views, you have to imagine yourself in their shoes. — Jonathan G. Meyer

I don't think any professional accepts defeat. — Mariano Rivera

Bill Polian and I agreed when we first came together with the Buffalo Bills that we'd bring players only of high character to the team. — Marv Levy

I spent the better part of the afternoon and evening playing Scrabble with Deacon. I think he regretted asking me to play, because I was one of those Scrabble players - the kind who played three-letter words every chance I got. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. — James Russell Lowell

A drunken but exceedingly depressed German clown from Munich entertained the public. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive. — Juliette Lewis

It is degrading both for man and woman that woman should be called upon or induced to forsake the hearth and shoulder the rifle for the protection of that hearth. — Mahatma Gandhi