Chris Gardner Quotes

I've never considered selling anything other than profession, but it's more than that. It's one of the highest callings that you can aspire to. Not everyone can do it.

Chris Gardner

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YouSellingMoreNeverAnything

I live in Los Angeles where there is not that much in the way of theatre, so the La Jolla Playhouse is pretty much the only place that is on my radar, and when they have something going on, and I am available, I will certainly go in.

Jimmi Simpson

LiveI AmTheatrePlaceLos Angeles

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

Joe DiMaggio

TimeBestMeSeeingFirst TimeKid

If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime.

Joe Garcia

GoodJobGovernmentYouCrimeGive

The idea that you would affect evolution is a very profound thing.

Jennifer Doudna

YouEvolutionProfoundAffectIdea

A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.

Matthew Desmond

PowerFireForestAliveTerror

I am a self-made brat.

Steve Wynn

I AmSelf-MadeBratAm

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

Sidney Poitier

LifeSimpleSilencePeopleMeMom

For centuries, the arts and philanthropists have worked well together: look at the Tate family and the Courtaulds. If you've been fortunate enough to have some success in business, I think it's important to put something back.

Lloyd Dorfman

FamilySuccessBusinessTogetherYou

I always travel with my bike and it has become a little more difficult to do it nowadays, but I stick it in 3,5 by 6-foot case and wheel that thing in.

Donny Robinson

BikeTravelWheelBecomeDifficult

As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.

Dean Smith

FriendshipYouTrySomethingSoon

I was sort of a miserable teenager.

Colson Whitehead

MiserableTeenagerSort

Having Twitter on your phone is like being with a journalist that hates you 24 hours a day. Anything you say on that can be spun. Truly, that's what you have to think of it as.

Colin Jost

FamilyMomThoughtNeverAlwaysHow

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