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Charles J. Givens Quotes

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Charles J. Givens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american

Topics

Past Action Inaction Reason Losses

There's one political party in this country, and that's the corporate party.

Political Party Country Corporate

Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.

Truth Power Observation Become Human

Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top drawer of his dresser, in easy reach of a kid making a beeline to the bathroom.

Father History Looking Back Looking

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.

Loyalty Soul True Degree Laws Oath

They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera.

Me Think Classic Opera Soap Again

I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing.

Play Up Raiders Sort Watched Thing

I'm a walking contradiction.

Walking Contradiction

I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do.

Music Looking Think My Own Lucky

I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in a grand epic and our job is not to be the hero of any story. Our job is to be a saint in a story that he is telling.

Hero Job Story Think Epic Grand

My work is better, maybe all filmmakers are better, for Polanski's imprint on cinema. He created language for all of us to use, there is no question about that.

Work Language Better Cinema Question

We must have safe places where people can discuss and be treated. Forty-four million people are already dead from AIDS. What logic is there in not discussing the word?

People Logic Places Dead Safe Where

I like real stories.

Real Like Stories

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