Jason Isbell Quotes

My wife and I both grew up with parents who were very young. Her mom was, I think, 17 or 18 when she was born; my mom was 15 when I was born. So, as we got older, we started thinking a lot about that - about the time that those people missed because we came along when we did and because they devoted so much of their lives to taking care of us.

Jason Isbell

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TimeWifeParentsPeopleMomThink

I must have been very young, but I have a clear memory of drawing on a cream brick wall... with wax crayons.

Robert Ingpen

MemoryDrawingBrickWallYoungWax

Memory is more indelible than ink.

Anita Loos

MemoryBrainyMoreInkThan

Strategic Work is all about the big questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Tactical Work is all about answers: This is the system we use to do each task. This is how we do it, how we measure it, how we monitor it.

Michael Gerber

WorkQuestionsMeasureWhyTaskBig

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

Michael Graves

ArchitectureEquityFunctionBetween

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

Amy Grant

MusicFeelSpecialChoirNeverSing

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.'

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

PeopleMeTeamPerformanceSigns

I am not a shock jock pastry chef. I don't create desserts using strange ingredients just for the sake of doing so, like so many of my colleagues in the industry.

Johnny Iuzzini

I AmChefColleaguesDoingCreate

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating.

Corey Hart

PowerMoneyCelebrityVery

As a former presidential campaign manager, I remember the final week of the campaign as being the longest and most important week of the campaign. The week doesn't seem to end.

Bob Beckel

EndRememberWeekImportantManager

I asked my designer friend, Sam Klemick, to make a headdress for me, drawing inspiration from 1920s headpieces, Athena and Joan of Arc. Before each show, I have this quiet meditative moment where I put the headdress on and gather my thoughts and strength.

Sydney Wayser

StrengthFriendMomentMeThoughts

Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting.

Ridley Scott

InterestingEnoughFindKindWorking

My favorite place to read is next to the pond in my backyard.

Rey Mysterio

PlaceNextBackyardPondFavorite

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