Walter Fisher Quotes & Sayings

The latter-day robber barons are discovering that better conditions and rewards for workers pay off in a world where consumers increasingly demand ethical standards. — Clare Short

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something. — Famke Janssen

People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid. — T-Pain

Acting is a freelance career ... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work. — Miranda Otto

Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution. — Stephen Covey

When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life. — Trey Anastasio

The absence of any protective measures may simply have been the result of a lapse of attention, with Churchill off in France and Fisher consumed by other matters and seemingly drifting toward madness. It would take on a more sinister cast, however, in light of a letter that Churchill had sent earlier in the year to the head of England's Board of Trade, Walter Runciman, in which Churchill wrote that it was "most important to attract neutral shipping to our shores, in the hopes especially of embroiling the United States with Germany." Though no one said it explicitly, Britain hoped the United States would at some point feel moved to join the Allies, and in so doing tip the balance irrevocably in their favor. — Erik Larson

That may be true," I thought, "But they don't have digital cable or Internet access, so really what's the point of being alive?" Civilized life, with all its threats and potential dooms, is too much to bear without the respite of three hundred channels. True, Osama bin Laden may very well send nuclear-bomb-filled suitcases on Amtrak trains into Penn Station, but until then: "I Love the 80s on VH1. — Augusten Burroughs

God never wrote a good play in his life. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us. — Albert Ellis