Douglas Tompkins Quotes

There's big granite walls up toward the Argentine border, but the weather's serious, and a lot of the rock is mossy and wet.

Douglas Tompkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1943 - December 8, 2015

Topics

WallsWeatherBorderSeriousRock

I overthink everything.

John Grant

Everything

If a director can't figure out what they might get from me or whether he or she wants to work with me based on what I've done, then I can't tell them anything more than what they don't know already.

Jeffrey Wright

WorkMeKnowDoneMoreShe

In L.A., people will recognize me for doing 'Girls,' but have no idea that I have ever done anything on Broadway or can sing or dance or any of that stuff.

Andrew Rannells

DancePeopleMeDoingDoneWill

To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.

Melanie Lynskey

JobVacationWorthI CanGoSeem

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

Smokey Robinson

LifeWalkSchoolLawyersStreetGuy

I come out before the matches because it's important the fans see I am in a good mood. When I get to the club, my mood is always lifted. You can be in a terrible mood, but once you are at Fulham, you are happy.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

GoodI AmHappyYouImportantMood

When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.

Judy Blume

WritingTryingTeachNeverAnything

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

Dorothy Allison

TruthMeaningFictionLiesPiece

I'll fight anyone for enough money. Give me half a million dollars.

Dean Ambrose

MoneyFightMeEnoughHalfGive Me

Most marketers think there's a concept called a product life cycle. Once you realize that the world is organized by jobs that need to be done, you understand that product life cycles don't exist.

Clayton M. Christensen

LifeWorldThinkYouDoneNeed

I'm not really gonna stop. We've got so much stuff to do, so many songs we talked about, so many things to record.

Chuck Inglish

StopThingsGotStuffSongsMuch

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

Priscilla Presley

BeautySelfImportantImprovingMost

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