Terry Teachout Quotes

No translation can possibly be perfect. Every production and every performance is a different path up the mountain, and nobody ever makes it all the way to the summit.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1956

Topics

PathMountainPerformancePerfectUp

If you can make finance more functional, make it a tiny percent better, you create a great deal of resources, which you can use for other things like education and healthcare.

Joe Lonsdale

EducationGreatFinanceBetterYou

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

John Otto

GoBuildFirstInstinctThen

Pinocchio's really naughty. He's all impulse: 'I want to sleep now. I want to eat that. I want to run off to Pleasure Island.' It's commedia dell'arte meets Grimm's tales.

John Tiffany

SleepNowWantIslandRunNaughty

I'm on tour all the time, so I stop at thrift shops. The minute we hit a town, I'll have my assistant Googling thrift stores. I have him go check beforehand; then we go there.

Travie McCoy

TimeStopGoHimThriftCheck

I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle.

Robert Crippen

ThoughtComplicatedMorePrettyTake

You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edged sword for me: There's a whole group of people who will not come to the restaurants because they assume I'm not in them anymore, all I do is TV.

Tom Colicchio

AgePeopleMeChefDoingYou

So the point is, I don't have a right to tell anybody what's right or wrong about their lives. Who am I to tell you at any given moment of the day what would be right for you?

Robin Quivers

MomentDayYouWrongWho Am IRight

I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie.

Judy Greer

CharacterWouldMoviePlayedAny

Michigan State means so much to my life and me.

Draymond Green

LifeMeMy LifeMichiganMeansMuch

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Christian Nestell Bovee

LivingMoreBeingSaintThan

I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.

Peter Welch

HelpTaxBecauseRecessionDemand

Hero Ride gives everyone the opportunity to get involved with an incredible charity, and the beauty of this challenge is that you can set the boundaries: whether you can manage 10 miles or 100 miles on the ride to Blackheath, Hero Ride is for everyone.

Peta Todd

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