Scott Thompson Quotes

I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high.

Scott Thompson

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BeautifulExperienceYouPerfectUp

When I want to put out an album, I want to write it. I want to be able to say that I wrote my album, and all this stuff is from me.

Jimmy Bennett

MeSayWantWriteOutStuff

Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks or they think they're superstar hosts.

Joe Bastianich

PeopleThinkRestaurantUnderstanding

So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future.

Jerry Pournelle

FuturePeopleLookDamnHardBring

Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.

John O. Brennan

PeopleCountryGoSometimesBeyond

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Maya Angelou

WomenMenWiseStrongNameYou

The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest, especially as by means of them I have found myself enabled to distinguish one species from another, to the farthest extent of my power of vision.

John James Audubon

PowerVisionGreatMyselfMeBirds

I don't think you can set up a computer to do a strike zone on a guy who's 6-foot-5 and then a guy who's 5-8. Where does it draw the line? One guy stands tall, and another squats down, and it changes the lines. Nah. I still love the umpires; they do a great job. I don't have a problem with any of that.

Johnny Bench

LoveGreatJobThinkProblemYou

People are slowly realizing that they're looking at drag all the time. 'Mrs. Doubtfire.' 'Real Housewives.' Peewee Herman. Don't let calling it drag make you uncomfortable.

Trixie Mattel

TimePeopleLookingUncomfortable

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

Tom Clancy

TechnologyTimePeopleToolsNails

No I.D. executive-produced 'Under Pressure' and helped me find the Logic sound that's evolving every day.

Logic

DayMePressureLogicEvery Day

When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power.

Jorge Ramos

PowerResponsibilityRacismThink

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

Jonathan Swift

LoveHateManAnimalForthPeter

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