Vartan Quotes & Sayings

One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open, free, and democratic posture, the fact that we are here for Everyman, that we are indeed Everyman's university, the place where the scholar who is not college-affiliated can come and work and feel at home. — Vartan Gregorian

The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit. — Vartan Gregorian

You just have to keep plugging away and if you get lucky enough to get a job, you get one. — Michael Vartan

I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy. — Michael Vartan

I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier. — Michael Vartan

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. — Vartan Gregorian

You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that. It's kind of exciting. I don't punch in. I don't have a 9 to 5 job. When you do work you're lucky enough to go to interesting places and meet mostly interesting and talented people, so it's really a great job if you can work. — Michael Vartan

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity. — Vartan Gregorian

That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not engineering that future. We must rise above the obsession with quantity of information and speed of transmission, and recognize that the key issue for us is our ability to organize this information once it has been amassed - to assimilate it, find meaning in it, and assure its survival for use by generations to come. — Vartan Gregorian

These waters are sacred to us and for you to be allowed to swim in these waters is a rare honour. What are you waiting for?"
Vartan turned to look at Trisa.
She winked at him and whispered, "Don't worry young man, I've seen it all before. You have nothing to be shy around me for."
"I wasn't ... " began Vartan, his cheeks reddening, "Never mind. — Peter Koevari

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer. — Vartan Gregorian

I've never believed in fairy tales. One day, the fairies will tell this story. There will be a valiant prince, a part no doubt played in history by the brave Vartan who journeys to rescue his bride from a dragon. There will be fairies. There will be horse-birds and there will be an enchanted blade. But, I will no doubt be stricken from the tale, a cursed blemish on a shining story. Happy endings don't always happen in the real world. — T.T. Escurel

I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot. — Michael Vartan

I never wanted to work in fashion. At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater! And I was crazy for the Hollywood of the 1950s: Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones. They were my idea of glamour - and Sylvie Vartan, the French singer. — Christian Louboutin

In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself. — Vartan Gregorian

Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them. — Michael Vartan

In a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. — Michael Vartan

The library is our house of intellect, our transcendental university, with one exception: no one graduates from a library. No one possibly can, and no one should. — Vartan Gregorian

It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value. — Vartan Gregorian

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour. — Vartan Gregorian

Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody. — Vartan Gregorian

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family. — Vartan Gregorian

I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything. — Michael Vartan

I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business. — Michael Vartan

The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation. — Vartan Gregorian

Never trust a survivor," my father used to warn me, with Vartan Mamigonian in mind, "until you find out what he did to stay alive. — Kurt Vonnegut

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy. — Vartan Gregorian

You try and live your life as normally as possible and if someone invents a rumor that I have two vaginas, so be it. There's nothing I can do about it. — Michael Vartan

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture. — Vartan Gregorian

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one. — Michael Vartan