Schroder Quotes & Sayings

The person who sits at his or her desk the longest is not necessarily the best. In fact, he or she might also be the least efficient. It's also often the case that people with family responsibilities are particularly productive at work. — Kristina Schroder

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger. — Ricky Schroder

I've had a very fortunate career and I've loved every moment of it. — Ricky Schroder

I was married at 20 and had a baby by 21. I had to grow up fast. Luckily there were people who believed in me and there were always jobs when I needed one. — Ricky Schroder

I think that if there's some innovative entrepreneurs out there who can help teach people how they can cost-effectively help themselves and their planet, I think everybody would be for it. That's going to be the challenge - figuring a way to get the marketplace and commerce to teach us consumers another way. — Ricky Schroder

It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies. — Gerhard Schroder

I never wanted to express my independence by dressing in a particularly masculine way or appear particularly boyish. — Kristina Schroder

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security. — Gerhard Schroder

There are always moments of despair when you get close to jobs and lose them at the last second. It feels like getting punched in the stomach. You feel like, 'Why do I do this?' Then you go to bed, get up the next day and forget about it. — Ricky Schroder

This book is a awsome book and i really gor into it. I couldn't put the book down. Loved it and would recommened it to people that are mature and like horror. — Lisa Schroder

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it. — Gerhard Schroder

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work. — Gerhard Schroder

The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. — Gerhard Schroder

I'm really into sci-fi. The reason I'm an actor is because of 'Star Wars' - I saw that and I knew that's what I wanted to do. But most of the projects I'm offered as an actor are straightforward dramas, so I haven't really been given a chance to do that kind of role. — Ricky Schroder

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner. — Gerhard Schroder

In the John Wayne movies, the Indians were savages that were trying to scalp you. That culture has really suffered because of the stereotype you see in those westerns. — Ricky Schroder

I didn't choose 'Silver Spoons'. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it. — Ricky Schroder

Working on 'NYPD Blue' and '24', those two series, I did full runs on those. It's great work, but everything has to align. The producers have to want you; the network has to want you; there has to be great writing; and it's not as easy as it may appear to the outsiders to make all those things align. — Ricky Schroder

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie. — Ricky Schroder

I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8. — Ricky Schroder

I never thought I was good enough actually to write. — Ricky Schroder

I don't have an iPod. I mean, I have a couple. Doesn't everyone? But I don't use it. I need to because I go to the gym now, and I'm tired of listening to morning radio. I want some music! I do have a video iPod, but I don't use it either. — Ricky Schroder

If I were to tell you that I'm the one who does all the cooking, you'd interpret it as me trying to be some kind of role model. And if I were to say that my husband does all the cooking, you'd say: "Ah, so that's how it is with family ministers." — Kristina Schroder

There were always moments where I'd say, 'What else can I do with my life?' But when I was 30 years old and discovered I could write - I wrote 'Black Cloud' in six weeks - it opened up a whole new world for me. — Ricky Schroder

I love horror. I love 'The Shining,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Halloween,' all those kinds of things. I love zombies, especially '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later,' where the zombies are going faster than the George Romero ones. I love being scared; there's something that's awesome about your heart rate going up like that. — Ricky Schroder

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing. — Ricky Schroder

Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the ways we confound our own hearts
how even with the best intentions, we fail to love those closest to us as well as we wish we could. Eric Schroder should take his place among the most charismatic and memorable characters in contemporary fiction, and Amity Gaige her place among the most talented and impressive writers working today. — David Bezmozgis

For me emancipation will only be truly reached if a woman can wear makeup and skirts without having her abilities doubted as a result. — Kristina Schroder

If Ricky Schroder and Gary Coleman had a fight on
television with pool cues, who would win?
1) Ricky Schroder
2) Gary Coleman
3) The television viewing public — David Letterman

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy. — Gerhard Schroder

My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor. — Ricky Schroder

There's some things that you're passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving those so everyone is happy and no one feels that they have not been heard. — Ricky Schroder

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union. — Gerhard Schroder

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented. — Gerhard Schroder

My sympathies go out to the young performers today because they are under a microscope in a way I wasn't. Now everybody's got a camera phone and can record at will or take pictures of you. It's just a different world. I don't know how I would have fared back then. — Ricky Schroder

Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding the difficult and uncomfortable issues, those that imply changes and therefore provoke discussions. — Angela Merkel

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests. — Gerhard Schroder

I have a great family myself so I know if you don't have a family you've got nothing. Nothing else can take the place of the family - not girlfriends or a career. — Ricky Schroder

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have. — Ricky Schroder

I don't agree with a core statement by most feminists, the statement by Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." Even as a schoolgirl I wasn't convinced by the claim that gender has nothing to do with biology and is only shaped by one's environment. — Kristina Schroder

It is absurd if something that is fundamental for humanity and for its survival should in itself be defined as submission. That would mean that society can't carry on without the submission of women. — Kristina Schroder

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway. — Gerhard Schroder

Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen every day and then to make it come alive with characters and with plot is incredibly exciting and at the same time terrifying and frustrating, and sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes really hard. — Ricky Schroder

I always knew I was going to be a family man. — Ricky Schroder

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of. — Gerhard Schroder

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them. — Ricky Schroder

I have a real eclectic taste for work, for movies, for characters and jobs. — Ricky Schroder

I am certain that we do not need quotas for women, especially not in a time when we have a growing shortage of qualified workers. Companies are already asking head hunters to find women for top positions. — Kristina Schroder

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank. — Gerhard Schroder

I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer. — Ricky Schroder

I asked Michael Jackson once. I said to him, 'How were you able to go from the Jackson Five to the biggest star in the world? What was your secret, Michael?' He said, 'Ricky, stay inspired. That's the hardest thing to do. If you can figure out a way to stay inspired, you can make it.' — Ricky Schroder

'Rick' never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it. — Ricky Schroder

I worked with creative people who were very demanding of me, and they helped me reach performances that I never could have gotten on my own without being pushed and having trust in them. And so I know the best way to get the best performance of an actor, and that's not to coddle them or to baby them. It's to help them; it's to push them. — Ricky Schroder

Not careers alone make people happy. A successful professional life and joy in work are certainly a part of it, but I couldn't be happy without a fulfilling private life. — Kristina Schroder

A quota for women always amounts to a failure of politics. For me, economics is first and foremost the ability to act freely without state rules. That's why I believe quotas should only be used as a last resort. — Kristina Schroder

I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I did all this. Then I could appreciate it more. — Ricky Schroder

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets. — Gerhard Schroder

I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with anything I did. — Ricky Schroder

'Silver Spoons' was great memories - absolutely the best. — Ricky Schroder

I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember. — Ricky Schroder

I demand excellence from the people I work with. — Ricky Schroder

One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly. — Gerhard Schroder

We, as women, often believe that we have to endear ourselves by acting modestly. But that leads personnel directors to think: Anyone who gives themselves away so cheaply cannot be very good. On that point, women need to get much, much more self-confident and tough. — Kristina Schroder

Germany is very free-trade oriented. — Gerhard Schroder

I feel cheesy when I see 'Silver Spoons.' Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but I look at it and cringe. — Ricky Schroder

In Dark Places,
May we Never be truly Alone.....
~Susan Schroder, Circle the Sun books — Susan Schroder

For me, a male role model would be a man who, despite holding a leadership position, has the courage to say that he wants to reschedule a 7 p.m. meeting for 4 p.m. because he'd really like to be able to put his son to bed. — Kristina Schroder

It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful. — Ricky Schroder

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe. — Gerhard Schroder

I did a lot of gasoline commercials - Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back. — Ricky Schroder

When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful. — Kristina Schroder

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed. — Ricky Schroder

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. — Gerhard Schroder

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine. — Gerhard Schroder

You always hear about people going through miscarriages and you never understand what one is like unless you go through it. — Ricky Schroder

I've been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you learn to believe in yourself. — Ricky Schroder

I think one of the things that saved me is that I never put all my eggs in one basket. — Ricky Schroder

I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn't have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11. — Ricky Schroder

When it comes to family policies, you are dealing with very private issues. Still, my husband and I decided that we didn't want to make our private lives a matter of public discussion. — Kristina Schroder

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone. — Gerhard Schroder

Other than a short article I read in 2008 when the real story broke, I have not followed the Clark Rockefeller case, and 'Schroder' is not a novelization of that story. — Amity Gaige

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will. — Ricky Schroder

I don't like doing movies that are meaningless or unrealistic. I like things with a lot of reality to them. I'm a pretty serious kind of person myself. Things affect me. — Ricky Schroder

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance. — Gerhard Schroder

Many women are simply bad at negotiating (their salaries). Many are happy if they succeed in returning to professional life. The main thing for them is that their job is at least somewhat compatible with their family life. But that's exactly where they are wrong. — Kristina Schroder

I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I'm from a city. I've been a fan of country music ever since. — Ricky Schroder

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over. — Gerhard Schroder

I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid. — Ricky Schroder

I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger. — Ricky Schroder

My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ. Young actors could make mistakes and not become the focus of tabloids. — Ricky Schroder

Next, we will create a modern immigration law. — Gerhard Schroder

I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson. — Ricky Schroder

Trying to understand women is a tall order period. — Ricky Schroder

They have it wrong in asking if Schroeder favors Britain over France, or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany. That is what we all have to understand. — Gerhard Schroder

I wanted to get away from having a minister who pretends to be a certain type of role model. I don't want my life to serve as an example for anyone. — Kristina Schroder

I think it would be really rotten to tell boys that schools won't cater for them properly because men have unquestionably been dominant for thousands of years. A feminism that deliberately neglects boys is immoral in my opinion. — Kristina Schroder

An actor is like an instrument, tune them, play them the right way. — Ricky Schroder

I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked. — Ricky Schroder

I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of respect. '24' is now, it's hip, it's their generation. — Ricky Schroder

If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time. — Ricky Schroder