Jan de Bont Quotes

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

Jan de Bont

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: October 22, 1943

Topics

RelationshipPeopleThinkFeelMore

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

Jerry Only

BeginningWatchingLikeIgniteBands

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship.

Joel Robuchon

PassionAgeHopeMyselfCooking

Unless you're born here, I don't know if you can ever become a full New Yorker.

Trevor Moore

YouBornNewKnowBecomeHere

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

Tony Blair

ThinkCareFeelKnowMisunderstood

A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!'

Tom Colicchio

BusinessFoodMeThinkRestaurant

Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter.

Josh McDowell

AliveEventsFirstEasterChrist

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

Dee Dee Myers

RelationshipTimeTalentOptimism

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

David Viscott

CourageSucceedYouBeginUpGet

Even when I wasn't doing much 'science for the public' stuff, I found that four or five hours of intense work in physics was all my brain could take on a given day.

Brian Greene

WorkScienceDayBrainPhysicsTake

I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.

Bryan Cogman

HateMeSomeoneGuiltSpoiledWatch

You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about.

Alice Temperley

BrandYouHeritageStay TrueTrue

I love the idea that if you're going to travel through time, you do it in this insanely dangerous car travelling at 88 miles per hour.

Ryan North

LoveCarTimeTravelYouDangerous

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