Term Quotes - Page 18

• When you're young, you don't especially think of yourself as being young. You're just alive and everything's interesting and you don't think of things in terms of age because you're not conscious of it.

  Richard Hell

  Thinking, Interesting, Age

  "Q&A: Richard Hell Has Gone to Heaven". Interview with Scott Martelle, www.esquire.com. March 8, 2013.

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• I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.

  Bob Iger

  Successful, Technology, Creating

  "Walt Disney Extends Robert Iger's Contract Through June 2016" by Georg Szalai, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 7, 2011.

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• President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Country, Long, People

  "Exclusive Interview With Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama". Interview with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2011.

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• It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

  Hanif Kureishi

  Real, Philosophical, Understanding

  "When you're writing, you look for conflict" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2003.

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• After four years as Administrator of the SBA, I have let President Obama know that I will not be staying for a second term. I will stay on until my successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.

  Karen Mills

  Years, President, Transition

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• Sure, you're an intelligent and highly capable individual, and you are learning a lot on the fly as you build your company. But you also need to come to terms with the fact that there are things you have chosen not to be an expert in.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Intelligent, Experts, Needs

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• We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

  Octavia Butler

  Stars, Fighting, Destiny

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• I'd say that my profession ends where architectural thinking ends - architectural thinking in terms of thinking about programs and organizational structure. These abstractions play a role in many other disciplines, and those disciplines are now defining their 'architectures' as well.

  Rem Koolhaas

  Thinking, Play, Discipline

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• I feel like more than 80% of the world wouldn't get up in front of 40 million people and dance on national television, and if I have the confidence to do that then that's a step ahead in my life for me in terms of personal goals. I will gain a lot of confidence on all aspects right there.

  Rob Kardashian

  People, Goal, Television

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• Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

  Tim Kaine

  President, Firsts, Election

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• Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.

  Michael Mandelbaum

  Dream, Opportunity, Growth

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• I want to go out on my terms.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Want

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• I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.

  Rose McGowan

  Long, Four, Periods

  "Rose McGowan and Christie Brinkley Sound Off on Heartbreak at Red Dress" by Lorraine Cwelich, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 9, 2012.

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• A breast cancer might turn out to have a close resemblance to a gastric cancer. And this kind of reorganization of cancer in terms of its internal genetic anatomy has really changed the way we treat and approach cancer in general.

  Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Cancer, Reorganization, Might

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• I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.

  Frances O'Connor

  Thinking, Giving, Catholic

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

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• If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

  Jamie Oliver

  America, Long, Sugar

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

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• Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Long, Faces, Social

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• In terms of Saving Face, I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn’t let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Justice, Survivor, Stories

  "Conversation With Oscar-Winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy". Interview with Ellie Knaus, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2012.

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• I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.

  Will Oldham

  Thinking, People, Unhappy

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• I've loved the Internet space in terms of creative content control and ownership, the things I haven't had since I started as a stand-up comedian.

  Kevin Pollak

  Space, Creative, Comedian

  Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. March 08, 2012.

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• Short-term can be terminal.

  Mark McCormack

  Business, Finance, Profit

  Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.164, Bantam

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• To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.

  Thomas Sowell

  Democracy, Definitions, Characteristics

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• I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

  Jim Leach

  Long, Humanity, Interest

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• No industry is immune and no occupation is safe. All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.

  Steven Pressfield

  Thinking, Rely Upon, Resilience

  "From Cabbie to Best-Selling Author: Steve Pressfield on ‘Turning Pro’" by Greg Clarkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2012.

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• In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.

  Daniel Pipes

  Government, Long, Islam

  "Islam and Islamism in the Modern World". Interview with Tom Bethell, spectator.org. February 8, 2013.

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