Michael Buerk famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If you got the job in the first place mainly because you look nice, I can't see why you should keep it when you don't.
-- Michael Buerk

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What gets up my nose is being infantilized by governments, by the BBC, by the Guardian that there is no argument, that all scientists who arenâ€™t cranks and charlatans are agreed on all this, that the consequences are uniformly negative, the issues beyond doubt and the steps to be taken beyond dispute.
-- Michael Buerk

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This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.
My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who start wars. In short - and don't quote me, because this is an incomplete expression of a more complex premise - I believe blow jobs prevent war.
Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, "Good job, son.".
My idea of the perfect bottom would be nice, bubbly, curvy, firm, maybe a little bit bouncy.
But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence.
Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?
If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.
The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.

Michael Buerk famous quotes

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