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Emma Thompson Quotes

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: english
Birth: April 15, 1959

Topics

Myself Past Care Seriously More How

First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.

Business Energy Debate Tax Oil More

Prior to inventing the Geyser Tube toy, dropping a stack of Mentos into a bottle of soda was not always an easy task. The Geyser Tube makes it easy to get a perfect launch every time at heights of 30 feet or more. Tell me... who doesn't like to see soda shooting 30 feet into the air, all in the name of science?

Science Time Me Feet Name Perfect

I had a strong faith that I would, eventually, have a baby.

Faith Baby Strong Would Eventually

I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.

Family Love Home Time Parents Baby

For the first two years of Eventbrite, all the work was done by just the three founders: me, my husband, Kevin, and our chief technology officer, Renaud Visage.

Work Technology Me Husband Three

I met Leonardo DiCaprio and Busta Rhymes the same night, on my birthday in New York.

Birthday New York Night New Same

I don't like telephones: I don't like when they ring. Just because it rings, you have to pick it up. I don't even like opening mail; I'm weird.

Douglas Coupland

Weird You Just Because Ring Opening

The social element has really transformed the gaming experience.

Experience Gaming Social Element

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.

Truth Politics Lie Within 24 Hours

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

People Up I Was Raised Surrounded

ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance.

Vacuum Governance Syria Effective

Subsequent to the original Quicken, the whole idea that we, as a consumer products company, could actually make business products, that was a whole revolution in our thinking.

Business Revolution Thinking Company

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