Bill Griffith Quotes

I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.

Bill Griffith

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ArtSchoolNew YorkYouBrooklyn

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.

Jenny Holzer

BeachPeoplePuzzleLongBackFind

That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter, and I'm sort of reporting.

John Baldessari

FunnyMeWorldFeelUncomfortable

I've found that entrepreneurship only gets harder every year, and as your team gets bigger, the stakes get higher.

Jennifer Hyman

TeamYearEntrepreneurshipBigger

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

John Chrysostom

PrideRichesForbiddenThem

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

Angela Merkel

PeopleEqualPoliticiansCommitted

People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.

Tom Hollander

GoodStarsPeopleFamousEnoughYou

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Tom Landry

GoodConfidenceTeamGameBelieve

I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.

Ron Kovic

HomeDayDeathI AmLivingJuly

Connectivity offers a great opportunity for General Motors. When you look at the investment we have made in OnStar and putting 4GLT in and the access you have to not only put data in, and we haven't really tapped into the data you can use from the vehicle.

Mary Barra

OpportunityGreatDataYouLook

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

GodFountainHimEverythingThings

I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

Joshua Bell

MusicHappyBeingWhetherLegally

It's always most interesting when Batman starts out as that lone Dark Knight and then is forced to have to interact with someone else, whether it's Dick Grayson or Damian Wayne or anybody else, and deal with their pesky personalities.

Jason O'Mara

InterestingSomeoneDarkAlwaysOut

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