John Grierson Quotes

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

John Grierson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 26, 1898 - February 19, 1972

Topics

TrainingWorldPersonalMatterWorst

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

John Green

FriendsAttentionWritePay Attention

In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

Ann Voskamp

HappinessMomentStressStormSelf

As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.

Andy Goldsworthy

WorkEnergyLeafTryingIceStone

I realized early on that I always hated girls who used their femininity to get what they wanted.

Amy Locane

EarlyAlwaysFemininityUsedGet

Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation.

Mike Krzyzewski

MomentTeamWinningBetterSituation

Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum.

Mo Ibrahim

TimeLongLong TimeAlwaysRadio

Federal spending is atrocious.

Jason Chaffetz

FederalSpendingFederal Spending

After almost half a billion dollars spent on the computer registration system for Obamacare, the website coughed, sputtered, and appeared to descend into an immediate coma as millions tried to log on. One reason is that the Obama administration never fully tested it.

Jonathan Turley

WebsiteNeverReasonSystemHalf

There is a sense that women are more anchored than men in our society.

Jonathan Coleman

WomenMenSocietyMoreSenseThan

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

Jonathan Evison

EnoughCreditFictionGiveManyToo

I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life.

Dodie Smith

LifeThings HappenNeverHappen

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

Diane Kruger

MoviesMeanAnythingPrettyBeing

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