Seeing Quotes - Page 19

• Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

  John le Carre

  Movie, Book, Reading

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• One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.

  Bill Ford

  Growing Up, Believe, Top Management

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• I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life.

  E. M. Forster

  Men, Two, Play

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• I love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers give interviews.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Giving, Guy, Looks

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• I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.

  Jodie Foster

  Intention, Scene, Behinds

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• I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face.

  Michael J. Fox

  Sick, Television, Faces

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• Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, "You're hip-hop!" You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.

  Jamie Foxx

  Artist, Hip Hop, Hot

  "Comic-Con: Jamie Foxx Talks DJANGO UNCHAINED, His Toughest Scene to Shoot, Tarantino’s Musical Dialogue and Doing a Song for the Soundtrack". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 17, 2012.

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• Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

  Ernest Gaines

  Motivational, Respect, Integrity

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• One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house.

  Bronagh Gallagher

  Memories, Sunday, Epic

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• When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?

  Bill Nye

  Travel, Shadow, Fiction

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• I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Country, Children, Thinking

  "My Exclusive Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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• I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Cousin, Brother

  News Conference in the East Wing, www.nytimes.com. June 29, 2011.

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• My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

  Michelle Obama

  Daughter, Mother, Integrity

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• When I'm done skating, I guarantee you that I will not look back and remember standing on the podium. I'm going to remember these days - being with the team. Training alone, in my basement. Training when everybody else is sleeping. Doing things that nobody else is doing. Digging down. Seeing what kind of character I truly have. I love that stuff.

  Apolo Ohno

  Team, Character, Sleep

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• The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.

  Bobby Orr

  Smile, Sports, Teaching

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• Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

  David Ortiz

  Boston, Play, People

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 12, 2006.

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• The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

  William Osler

  Good Life, Vision, Experience

  William Osler (1927). “Aequanimitas”, p.61, Ravenio Books

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• Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Success, Moving On

  Joel Osteen (2012). “I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My Left Foot.' That was the equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet for me. I just couldn't understand how that was possible.

  David Oyelowo

  Feet, Tea, Roles

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• Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

  Mehmet Oz

  Loneliness, Ocean, Fall

  "Q&A with Mehmet Oz: Don’t Let the Finance Crisis Become a Health Crisis". Interview with Anthony Tjan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

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• I just like putting outfits together without much thought and seeing what the outcome is.

  Vanessa Paradis

  Together, Outcomes, Outfits

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

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• We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

  Blaise Pascal

  Running, Aging, Precipice

  Blaise Pascal (2016). “Pensées”, p.79, Open Road Media

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• You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.

  Bernadette Peters

  Girl, Baby, Boys

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

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• I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

  Pablo Picasso

  Art, Carpe Diem, Thinking

  In John Golding Cubism (1959) p. 60

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• Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

  Pablo Picasso

  Photography, Art, Creativity

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