The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.
Eric Hoffer
Recitation: by Male by Female
Like tens of thousands of others, I have been a spectator of, rather than a participator in, the activities - political, commercial, sociological, scientific - of the times in which I have lived.
John Burroughs
PoliticalOthersActivitiesLived
If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.
Jerry Only
TimeThinkHardLevelBeenDealing
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
Joe Torre
UpHatedYankeesDodgersBothWound
I'm like the girl next door... I just have a bad streak.
Jenna Jameson
GirlDoorBadNextJustLike
I'm not trying to be an action star, and I'm not trying to be a romantic-comedy guy.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
ActionTryingStarGuy
It was the '50s, and the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal System were in fashion. I hung out in the 812 section - American theater and plays. This is where I first read Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' and was transfixed. I remember staring into space for what seemed an eternity after reading Linda Loman's final speech.
Jeffrey Tambor
DeathSpaceFashionReadingAmerican
It would be nice if all people who saw movies had some sort of basic understanding of what they're looking at, but I don't think you can assume that.
Steven Soderbergh
PeopleLookingThinkUnderstanding
Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall. That applies as much to my own, the media industry, as to every other business on the planet.
Rupert Murdoch
ChangeBusinessTechnologyPastFall
I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.
Ludacris
I AmConfidentCockyNeverBeenAm
This is the fundamental problem with the ruling class in Washington, D.C. - the party bosses, the K Street crowd, the lobbyists who control all these politicians. They will do anything to maintain their power. They will do anything. They will say anything.
Corey Lewandowski
PowerControlProblemPartyStreet
I love the theater, I'd love to work in theater at some point, but I grew up with movies being something that I just clung to.
Anya Taylor-Joy
WorkLoveMoviesPointUpSomething
This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.
Ariel Dorfman
GreedAmericaCountryNeedBeen
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Eric Hoffer