Edward James Olmos Quotes

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.

Edward James Olmos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1947

Topics

MoneyYouSometimesWantThings

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

Joe Eszterhas

PowerCorruptionAlwaysBeen

The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.

Johannes Stark

MindQuestionAncientComposition

Things were so unpredictable in Comey's first meeting with President-elect Trump, the former FBI director immediately took notes in his car after the interaction.

John Dickerson

CarMeetingFirstDirectorNotes

I was always writing. I was writing in high school because it was a really competitive school for class clowns; I used to have to write all of my snaps and my disses the night before and then act like I was making it up the next day.

John Leguizamo

DaySchoolWritingNightHigh School

To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor that affects all three: the long-term solvency of a bond company called the U.S. government.

Amity Shlaes

GreatJobGovernmentBondCare

The world of 'Terra Nova' as we joined it... there is a certain amount of prosperity there, and in fact I would say that I was a bit surprised when I first got there to see how it had all developed and how sophisticated the colony was - I had envisioned it being a bit more Swiss Family Robinson, but that wasn't my call.

Stephen Lang

FamilyWorldSayProsperitySeeGot

No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran.

Stephen Kinzer

GreatStepWorldBringTakeUnited

Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly.

Steven Levy

CarGreatRobotGreaterSuckWould

We are wasting our water mostly by putting waste into it. One cubic meter of wastewater can pollute ten cubic meters of water. Discharging wastewater into oceans turns freshwater into the less useful salty stuff, and desalination is expensive.

Rose George

WaterExpensiveSaltyWasteStuff

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different.

Ruth Negga

LoveSomeoneYouKnowHumanBegin

My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but I never went all the way with any of those genres.

Donovan

MusicSpaceUniqueRockWayNever

In any kid's relationship with their parents, there's always an influence there. You always want to do them proud.

Colin Morgan

RelationshipParentsInfluenceProud

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