Matthew Williamson Quotes

We're not waiting for the fashion cycle to have 180 buyers come in and see the collection and go, 'We like it, we'll buy it, and we'll have it in June.' The only one we're selling to is Net-A-Porter, and the rest is through our site.

Matthew Williamson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

WaitingFashionRestSellingGoSee

It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed.

John McEnroe

New YorkBackPlayNewRightPark

I love live theater. I get my rocks off by doing stand-up, and I am the only actor. But to show up eight times a week and not have that time for myself; to do someone else's lines? When I work for Wendy Wasserstein or Terrence McNally, Neil Simon or even Shakespeare, I do not have the right to change the lines.

Robert Klein

WorkLoveChangeLiveTimeMyself

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

John Sladek

GreatPeopleInventorsLaughed

We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product.

Trip Hawkins

WantProductBigMarketMakeOur

Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has.

Matt Bevin

JobYouPersonPoorBeenEver

Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It's not organized around the needs of the patient.

Michael Porter

HealthCareTestPatientOrganized

Like many kids, I used to pretend all sorts of things. I would climb into a tree and imagine that I was on an island, that the grass below we was an ocean, that the leaves were the fins of sharks. Perhaps unlike many people, I never really stopped. I still have a childlike predisposition to fantasise and share my fantasies.

Mohsin Hamid

TreeOceanPeopleClimbSharks

My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were generated by themselves.

Chuck Palahniuk

FightIdentityPersonalFirstClub

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

Brad Garrett

LifeHomeUpside DownDownNever

I made my first film when I was 35, so I firmly believe that you don't have to be one thing in life. If you're doing something, and you have a desire to do something different, give it a try.

Ava DuVernay

LifeBelieveDoingYouDesireTry

If you spend your time thinking about competition, you're not accomplishing much.

Shervin Pishevar

TimeCompetitionThinkingYouYour

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

Richard J. Daley

NewOldFirstLastLeadersBosses

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Matthew Williamson