Platforms Quotes - Page 9

• The Hulk was the beginning of me, a platform as an actor to grow.

  Lou Ferrigno

  Actors, Grows

  "Lou Ferrigno on being green: ‘Nobody could play the Hulk like I could’". herocomplex.latimes.com. August 31, 2013.

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• They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Years, Magic

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• Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.

  Frank Gaffney

  Strong, America, Government

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• Television always carried me: be it at my beginnings in small series and telefilms, or through my success in Kasamh Se and Bade Acche Lagte Hain. Thanks to TV, I saw an incredible dream come true: I could incarnate good and bad people, share my joys and pains with the audience, but also be part of this incredible medium that can educate and entertain at the same time! And with new TV platforms, the journey has only just started.

  Ram Kapoor

  Dream, Pain, Journey

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• The best part of being on the platform that we are is being able to influence and affect so many people.

  Jake Ellenberger

  Mma, People, Able

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• My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

  Cindy Gallop

  Rights, Issues, Causes

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• We are proud to have a platform through the Dr Phil show and the Dr. Phil Foundation to offer children the voice they need to meet their goals in having a better life.

  Phil McGraw

  Life, Children, Voice

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• By placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation.

  Vinton Cerf

  Innovation, Internet, Middle

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• Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us human. This is why, from the day Facebook Platform launched in 2007, Causes has been honored to be one of the most popular applications, with over 140 million users.

  Joe Greene

  Doing Things For Others, Return, Causes

  "New Facebook Changes Will Help You Change the World" by Joe Green, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2011.

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• We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we may reach some common platform of tolerance, some common exchange of recognition and amenity.

  Agnes Repplier

  Travel, Law, Tolerance

  Agnes Repplier (1904). “Compromises”

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• Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform of interdisciplinary academic programs, world-class scholars, outstanding students, and extensive research capabilities.

  Gordon Gee

  Powerful, Class, Ohio State

  "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

  John Cornyn

  Running, Justice, Political

  "Senators Criticize NARAL Ad on Roberts". www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2005.

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• A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.

  Gordon Gee

  Expression, Creative, Nucleus

  "Of Leibovitz and Lear" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2012.

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• I'm always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I'll be there.

  Melanie Brown

  Girl, Night, Hair

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Simon Crean has painstakingly built a platform for a potentially devastating assault on Howard's fitness for office.

  Margo Kingston

  Office, Assault, Built

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• We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games. That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it otherwise; both console versions will have larger audiences than the PC version.

  John Carmack

  Games, People, Audience

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• TV does so much these days. It is such a great platform for an artist.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Artist, Doe, Tvs

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• In the near future, we'll have games that don't depend on any platform.

  Hideo Kojima

  Games, Depends

  "Japan's video game visionary: the console is dying" by Kevin Krolicki, www.reuters.com. April 8, 2010.

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• Craigslist does serve as a platform where people help each other for the basics, and also, shows people that the Internet is good for mutual support. I do feel pretty good about that.

  Craig Newmark

  Mutual Support, People, Doe

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• Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their promise. Promise is like the mediaeval hangman who after settling the noose, pushed his victim off the platform and jumped on his back, his weight acting a drop while his jockeying arms prevented the unfortunate from loosening the rope. When he judged him dead he dropped to the ground.

  Cyril Connolly

  Writing, Years, Promise

  Cyril Connolly (2008). “Enemies of Promise”, p.109, University of Chicago Press

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• Now that my wine has been served in the White House, why not me? Who could talk to farmers better than I? Somebody even asked me the other day if I had anything in my platform about taxes. 'Hell yes,' I said. 'Great state. But I wouldn't want to live there.'

  Pat Paulsen

  Wine, White, House

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• If there is to be responsible party government, the party label must be something more than a mere device for securing office. Unless those who are elected under the same party designation are willing to assume sufficient responsibility and exhibit sufficient loyalty and coherence, so that they can cooperate with each other in the support of the broad general principles, of the party platform, the election is merely a mockery, no decision is made at the polls, and there is no representation of the popular will.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Loyalty, Party, Responsibility

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

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• Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

  Cory Booker

  Country, War, Home

  "Cory Booker Speech Text: Read The Democratic Convention Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• I'm having my platform run up by a movie set designer, so it will be very impressive from the front, but not too premanent. After all, there's no sense putting a lot of time and thought into something you'll have no use for after you're elected.

  Gracie Allen

  Running, Use, Designer

  "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

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• The collision of mobile and social platforms and the need to build these companies from the ground up - whether it's a game, a healthcare application, an education application - building these from the ground up is what allows entrepreneurial activity to be unleashed.

  Jim Breyer

  Games, Needs, Healthcare

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