Mike Nichols Quotes

I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is part of you. If you can get it right, there's no mystery. It's not about mystery. It's not even mysterious. It's about our lives.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

Topics

EyesThinkMysteryYouPlayRight

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.

Jeb Bush

GoodHeartPeoplePoliticalBad

People say there's a book in everyone but I'm not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me.

Sophie Thompson

PeopleMeBookSayPeople SaySure

The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don't become a dictator.

Shimon Peres

TodayJobLookingImpossibleYou

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.

Robert Wyatt

MusicMeYouthJazzOnwardMade

I stayed at Morgan Stanley for 27 years because it was fun. I kept learning.

Ruth Porat

LearningFunYearsBecauseMorgan

I realized that one of the differences between news photography and dance photography was that the former has to tell a specific story, whereas all a dance photograph had to be was visually interesting.

Lois Greenfield

DanceStoryInterestingPhotography

The idea that if governments open up and become more democratic they will fall is a false dilemma.

Jose Angel Gurria

FallWillBecomeMoreOpenUp

I've got a bike in the lounge that I watch Coronation Street on. I never had to watch my weight until I had the children, but with the bike, I'm fine.

Cilla Black

ChildrenBikeStreetNeverWatch

As a makeup artist, I learned quickly that the color of your lips affects the way a lipstick looks. If you see your friend wearing a great color, don't assume it will be right for you.

Bobbi Brown

FriendGreatMakeupColorLipsYou

All around us right now, tucked into the valleys and along the coasts, bookshops glow in the winter light. Think of them like singular, magical, and multi-dimensional recipe boxes. They wait for us to pluck out a card, to stand over the stove, to start cooking.

Anthony Doerr

WinterLightCookingWaitStartNow

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Thomas Jefferson

MenDownMeetingWillNeverQuarrel

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

Richard Gere

SacrificeSufferingEnergyOurLeast

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