Michael Korda Quotes

FDR had a certain charisma, at least in his first term, with the big grin, the cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, and the battered hat on his imposing head, but no other American president since then has had it except JFK - indeed, some of them have been positively anti-charismatic, like Gerald Ford, Carter, and the Bushes.

Michael Korda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

HatAmericanPresidentFirstHead

I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

Joe Klein

AgeMeJournalismDoneWayThings

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act.

Max Weber

GoodTodayAccomplishmentBecomeAct

I lead a very regimented life. I take excruciating care of myself: I take a lot of vitamins, get enough sleep, don't drink apart from a glass of wine occasionally.

Angela Lansbury

LifeMyselfSleepCareWineEnough

People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions - warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They're first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That's much more important to them than whether or not you're competent.

Amy Cuddy

StrengthPeopleThinkJudgeYou

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Stefan Sagmeister

GoodHappinessGood HealthHealth

Everybody has called Pop Art 'American' painting, but it's actually industrial painting.

Roy Lichtenstein

ArtPaintingAmericanIndustrialPop

I just think, in general, I'm not a really judgmental person.

Ross Lynch

ThinkPersonJudgmentalJustGeneral

Comedy writers have the most fragile egos.

Mindy Kaling

ComedyFragileMostEgosWriters

With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone apps - are exposed to a claim that somewhere a prior patent is being infringed.

Jonathan Zittrain

WritingRiseEngineersNewSoftware

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

Dr. Dre

TimeLongLong TimeSomethingBeen

I do create songs and play the guitar. But my focus is definitely on acting. I think, if there's going to be singing involved in my career, it would probably be in musical theater.

Condola Rashad

FocusSingingThinkGuitarActing

I've had job stability for years at a time. You really develop great relationships with the people you work with.

Coby Bell

WorkGreatTimeJobPeopleYou

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Michael Korda