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Thomas G. Stemberg Quotes

When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens.

Thomas G. Stemberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: January 18, 1949 - October 23, 2015

Topics

You Say Company Absolutely Happens

I'm not an overly material person. Sure, I like certain comforts in life. But buying a lot of 'things' doesn't produce happiness for me.

Life Happiness Me Person Buying

There are billions of barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf. There is even more in Alaska. There is enough oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West alone to power America for the next hundred years. The Democrats say all this American energy is off limits.

Power Alone Mountain Limits Energy

I don't harbor any anti-male feeling in my heart.

Heart Feeling Harbor Any

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Jean de La Fontaine

Friend Dangerous Enemy Nothing More

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

America Ferrera

Myself Think Office Prepare Anything

Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not everything, it becomes flat or mundane.

Sterling K. Brown

Life Sad Perspective Appreciate You

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

Steven Zaillian

Small Things Small Problem Things

You know I'm always in trouble.

You Trouble Know Always

I was on the cusp - or thought I was on the cusp - of celebrity, the result of starring as an adorable curly-haired alien in the miniseries 'V' on NBC. 'V' was a hit, and then got green-lit as a series. During the hiatus, the only job I auditioned for that fit my schedule was 'Nightmare on Elm Street.' That's the real reason I said yes.

Job Thought Result Alien Street

But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought it. They only manufactured 10,000 copies; I wasn't even in the running for failure!

Failure First Critics Everyone Only

There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.

Jared Padalecki

Love Fun Have Fun Think Career Kind

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life Perspective Focus Seeing Matter

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