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John Mackey Quotes

The original entrepreneur may initiate the initial purpose, but, in a sense, like a parent that has children, the children have their own destiny, and at some point, that can veer off away from the wishes the parent might have for it.

John Mackey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: August 15, 1953

Topics

Children Purpose Destiny Parent Own

Most of my friends are plumbers.

Joe Cole

Friends Most

People will always respond to high-class drama.

Maxine Peake

People Drama Will Always Respond

My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs - because, full disclosure, I'm really a komodo dragon - and that's because then I'm energized but not so awake that the critical voice clicks on, the voice that sometimes says, 'Don't write that,' or, 'Man, that sentence is terrible - you should give up and go pet the cats.'

Jeff Vandermeer

Time Coffee Best Cats Pet Man

The long years of fighting Napoleon's ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an 'us-against-them' mentality.

Amanda Foreman

World Fighting Long Years Empire

People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.

Mike Mills

Freedom Great People Doing You Ask

I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change.

Michael Vick

Change Man Me Stand You Example

First and foremost, it's my mom and dad who gave me the foundation, the belief in me that I could do anything.

Michael Kelly

Me Mom Foundation Belief First Who

I very much regret that I haven't been taken more seriously. I would love to have been at the National or the RSC.

Miriam Margolyes

Love Regret Seriously More Been

My job is to try to protect jobs in Kentucky now, not speculate about science in the future.

Mitch McConnell

Future Science Job Now Try Protect

'Beetlejuice' used to scare me.

Julia Garner

Me Used Scare

Generally speaking, it has been my ambition to write as a good old nurse will speak when she tells fairy tales.

Joseph Jacobs

Good Ambition Speak Will She Fairy

I'm in Alabama. First thing I want to say is Roll Tide! I was at the Alabama/Georgia game last year sitting right in the middle of the Alabama section and saw that they rolled all over them!

Brian Jordan

Game Year Tide Say Want Sitting