Gary Burghoff Quotes

I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.

Gary Burghoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1943

Topics

LifeWorkFamilySuccessGoodHome

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

Joe Wilson

GovernmentMediaLongConservative

The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

John Hanning Speke

LineMotionFactCentreAtmospheric

I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.

Maya Beiser

MusicTraditionKindTryVocabulary

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

John Major

SocietyUnderstandMoreLittleNeeds

A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love.

Robert H. Schuller

LoveFaithHopeFeelMissionYou

As director of CIA, I was responsible for everything done in the agency's name, and it didn't matter whether that was done by an agency employee, a government contractor, a liaison service on our behalf, or a source on our behalf.

Michael Hayden

ServiceGovernmentNameDoneMatter

To me, Scorpio was a big bet and a quantum leap in the kind of sophistication of our products. People forget that, apart from the Bolero and the Armada, until the nineties we never made hard-top vehicles.

Anand Mahindra

PeopleMeForgetKindLeapNever

In terms of negotiating a career - I've always grown up being an insider and an outsider to different worlds, across different classes and cultures, so I have always naturally liked making films or music that puts things in unexpected places.

Riz Ahmed

MusicUnexpectedCareerPlacesUp

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Ronald Reagan

WorkServiceGovernmentSomeoneTake

I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.

Mary Quant

TodayFunSixtiesWellMuchHavoc

My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as a writer specialising in the Balkans has created a myth that I have Slavic connections, but actually I am British.

Misha Glenny

WorkFatherI AmMeNameBritish

Performing tai chi in space - it is comfortable; we got more outer space chi.

Liu Yang

SpaceComfortableMoreOuter Space

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