Irwin Winkler famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

  • I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.

  • I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.

  • How long does getting thin take?

  • Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.

  • As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.

  • I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.

  • If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.

  • A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.

  • The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."