F. Murray Abraham Quotes

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

F. Murray Abraham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 24, 1939

Topics

PowerPeopleMeDesireKnowWant

I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and I'm a great believer that you can't have too conservative a President nor too liberal a Supreme Court. So I'm a walking contradiction. I believe that you should try to really protect people's rights in every way, and also, people should be allowed to do what they do.

Jerry Della Femina

GreatPeopleBelieveWalkingYou

Tony Bennett is an iconic jazz legend.

Andra Day

LegendJazzIconicTonyBennett

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Jean de La Fontaine

BetterLivingBeggarThanEmperor

I don't think I can do anything. I mean, I felt I had been given a bit of a gift and a key to a kind of a future. But I've always felt there is more that I can learn and that there are many people who are as good as, or better at, what I do than I am.

Michael Cristofer

GoodFutureI AmPeopleKeyBetter

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

Lucy Powell

GrowthFaithLossLongProsperity

I promptly fell in love with scientific research and soon had assigned myself, as a major vocation, the task of elucidating the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic hormone.

Christian de Duve

LoveMyselfResearchActionTask

The bottom line in my view is that America's mothers and fathers deserve to have confidence in law enforcement's ability to ensure that their children are being raised in the safest possible environment.

Bob Ney

ConfidenceChildrenLawViewAmerica

To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you consecrate a church.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

SpaceMeChurchYouKindSacred

Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space.

Peter Diamandis

AgeSpaceGoAlwaysWantedSince

I take all day to climb mountains and then spend about 10 minutes at the top admiring the view.

Sebastian Thrun

DayMountainsClimbViewTopTake

As much as you act like everything is programmed or calculated or researched or numbers, spins, radio, and clubs, it's still human beings out here you can reach with music.

No I.D.

MusicReachYouNumbersHumanRadio

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

Ryan Sheckler

LoveFastRaceActiveAnythingLike

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