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Whit Stillman Quotes

What I find remarkable is that so much of the 18th century literature that I read is more accessible than reading your alternative weekly from ten years ago. People really aspired to write clearly.

Whit Stillman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: January 25, 1952

Topics

People Reading Literature Find Write

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Grow Nobody Somebody Everybody Wants

I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing or coming up with ideas. And what I do usually is write the music and melody and then, you know, maybe the basic idea. But when I feel that I don't have a song or just say, God, please give me another song. And I just am quiet and it happens.

Stevie Wonder

Music God Time Me Ideas Song

'Minute to Win It' is a variation on a game show from the 1950s called 'Beat the Clock,' in which contestants won washing machines and fox stoles by doing such pointless stunts as catching a tennis ball in a paper cup or knocking a hat off one's wife's head with a whipped-cream spritzer.

Tom Shales

Wife Hat Win Game Doing Fox

I grew up in Los Angeles. I watched lots of television; I still watch lots of television.

Martine Syms

Television Los Angeles Up Watch Lots

All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.

Jason Statham

Men Giving Nobody Heroes Credibility

I think, before Obama, there was a glass ceiling. That's a big change. As a president, I think he was the best. I felt like I could trust his judgment, and he'd take a measured, empathetic approach. I don't see there ever being another Barack Obama.

Jordan Peele

Change Trust Best Think Glass See

I am a workaholic. I am very restless, and I am always looking for good work. I don't act for the heck of it; I do it because I love it.

Disha Patani

Work Love Good I Am Looking Always

I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.

Christen Press

Strength Think You Body Soccer Butt

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.

Brian Ferneyhough

Past San Diego Years Questioning San

Whether you believe in climate change or not, we want clean air. We want clean water for the American people.

Anthony Scaramucci

Change Water People Believe American

Everything moves way too fast.

Psy

Fast Way Everything Moves Too

Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?

Peyton Manning

Hurt Injuries Back Nobody Whose How