Jan de Bont Quotes

Technology is a major tool in exploring and challenging your creativity, but it can also overtake your creativity... My mind goes very fast, and I can see all kinds of images that would be spectacular on the screen. But they would cost so much money, and would they really make the story that much better?

Jan de Bont

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TechnologyMoneyCreativityMindSee

I think everybody does go in expecting they're making 'Gone With The Wind' on their first movie. But you know, that's just not going to be the case, everybody. Hold onto your hat. Buckle in. It's probably going to take a few.

Jimmi Simpson

HatWindThinkYouGoKnow

I've never been a fan of euphemism.

Jo Brand

NeverBeenFanEuphemism

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

Robert E. Lee

LifeGoodLiveLightWorldRegret

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

Mary Landrieu

TodayDayEnd Of The DayEndYou

A watch is a fashion statement, and it says something about the person wearing it.

Luke Evans

FashionPersonWatchSomethingSays

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

Lloyd Bentsen

LearningCommunityTimeGovernment

Globalization and trade liberalization were supposed to make us all better off through the mechanism of trickle-down economics. What we seemed to be seeing instead was trickle-up economics, accompanied by a destruction of democratic politics, as we moved ever closer to a system of 'one dollar, one vote' as opposed to 'one person, one vote.'

Joseph Stiglitz

PoliticsEconomicsBetterSeeing

Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it out, so you just go work on another project. I always have multiple projects.

Dean Kamen

WorkThinkingHobbyYouSometimes

I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.

David Walton

ActorMakeIdeaNo IdeaKnewHow

I'll tell you one thing about Donald Trump: There will never be a Benghazi in a Donald Trump administration.

Bobby Knight

YouDonald TrumpWillNeverTell

Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.

Bobby Knight

ThinkCoachingPrettyInterestWell

I have to admit that out of 10 meals, nine I have at home.

Antoni Porowski

HomeAdmitOutMealsNine

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