Quality Quotes - Page 25

• My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

  Eric Clapton

  Echoes, Guitar, Voice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them.

  Kurt Cobain

  Guitar, Two, World

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• I really liked the food in Japan. There is something so organized, neat, and methodical about it. They put a lot of care and quality into their cooking. I also love Mediterranean, New American, and Italian food, because the cuisines borrow influences from all over the world.

  Sasha Cohen

  Italian, Japan, Cooking

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• I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.

  Tom Colicchio

  Thinking, Comfort, Going Out

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• You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I'm better, it's just that there's a unique quality to everyone.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Unique, Break, Capacity

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• Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

  Joseph Conrad

  Business, Greatness, Men

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.362, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Taken, Risk, Age

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• Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.

  Pierre Corneille

  Lying, Games, Hype

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• The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.

  Norman Cousins

  Reading, Book, Way

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• For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.

  Sloane Crosley

  Taken, Yesterday, Photograph

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• I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.

  Penelope Cruz

  Girl, Strong, Children

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.

  Claire Danes

  Smart, Kids, Nerd

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• I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man.

  Cat Deeley

  Kindness, Intelligent, Men

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• The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Long, Cost, Results

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• The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.

  Johnny Depp

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Ability, Discerning, Identifying

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• You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Courage, Intelligent, Political

  "Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury, Vol. 2: 1868-1880". Book by Gwendolen Cecil, 1921.

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• It's your body and you're going to have a much better life, you are going to have a quality life, better lifestyle, you're going to be healthier, you're going to be happier, you're going to enjoy the people around you and they're going to enjoy you more.

  Mike Ditka

  People, Body, Lifestyle

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• Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.

  David Duchovny

  Games, Tvs, Plot

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. November 21, 2003.

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• I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Thoughtful, Boys, Men

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• Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.

  Roger Ebert

  Cute, Sex, Buttons

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.597, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

  Roger Ebert

  Depressing, Couple, Disappointment

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• Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality.

  Roger Ebert

  Stars, Passion, Political

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.192, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.

  Umberto Eco

  Country, Special, Plot

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• Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

  Rahm Emanuel

  President, Care, Affordable

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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