Sam Harris Quotes

Most seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what he makes of these opportunities.

Sam Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 9, 1967

Topics

LifeOpportunitiesThinkPersonSeem

I spent the bulk of my career on building my company, and Morningstar is where the passion is.

Joe Mansueto

PassionBuildingCareerCompanyBulk

If you ask me what is the best good fortune in my life, of course I say that I have seen in my lifespan the Wall coming down, the reunification.

Joachim Sauer

LifeGoodBestMeMy LifeYou

I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.

John Astin

ThinkGhostI ThinkFigureAm

I like devilish, thorny, dirty, mean roles, muck and mire, unbelievably sad, unbelievably happy, burdened. Inner conflict - that's where drama is.

Amanda Plummer

SadHappyConflictDirtyDramaMean

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

Steven Wright

ManLongVegasArgumentWheelOver

I am a woman of the moment.

Rita Moreno

MomentWomanI AmAm

After I quit being a lawyer in '95, I was having a lot of trouble writing. Then I read somewhere that Willa Cather read a chapter of the Bible every day before she started work. I thought, 'Okay, I'll try it.' Before each writing session, I started to read the Bible like a writer, thinking about language, character, and themes.

Min Jin Lee

WorkCharacterDayWritingLawyer

You know, you want to pull in a wide audience.

David Spade

YouKnowWantAudiencePullWide

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

Christopher Love

GodPeaceSoulJoyBlessedServant

I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

Countee Cullen

ConservativeAtmosphereMethodist

I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.

Cindy Sherman

CharacterTogetherFaceThinkingTry

If you look around, there are very few really super quarterbacks. There are just very few. If you're lucky enough to have one, lucky enough that one of these Andrew Lucks is available when you have the top pick, then that's just a matter of luck. You can't attribute that to anything else.

Bob McNair

LuckEnoughYouLookMatterLucky

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