John Hughes Quotes

When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.

John Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009

Topics

MusicRespectYouLookSayWant

The ethos on Wall Street has not changed, and that's not going to come from the corner office. That's going to come, for better or worse, from Washington, and the whole idea of greed is still good, that is still pervasive.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

GoodGreedBetterWallStreetGoing

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

Meghan Trainor

MeWorldArtistSongwritingTwo

Books are like my one and only joy.

John Lydon

JoyOnlyBooksLike

Marketing is the obverse of programming.

John McAfee

MarketingProgramming

Hollywood was not a place I dreamed of getting to. I never could take seriously the obsession people have about being a celebrity or getting to Hollywood - I was born next door.

Robert Redford

PeopleDoorBornPlaceSeriously

I feel like there's this great balance between me being an actress and traveling around and doing all this great stuff but, also, me being the regular teenager, like going to Disneyland with friends and just hanging out.

Storm Reid

GreatBalanceMeFeelFriendsDoing

Golf balls are sweet: dimpled and sometimes even smiling.

Steve Rushin

SweetGolfSmilingSometimesBalls

Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.

Mike Ditka

LifeFitnessBestBelieveGiftBody

Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

Michelle Pfeiffer

WorkToughProcessFeelYouActing

I'm kind of a subtle person.

Lizz Wright

PersonKindSubtle

The thing I was attracted to as a little girl was Kirk, Bones and Spock, and their utter loyalty. There's nothing more powerful than that.

Jolene Blalock

GirlLoyaltyPowerfulNothingMore

As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

Dick Morris

PositiveLeaderYouPartyWhyImage

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