Andy Gilbert famous quotes

You can't catch the big fish by skimming the surface.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Courage #Big Fish #Skimming

No one can keep you down except yourself.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Self Esteem #Esteem

If you look for problems, you will find problems; if you look for solutions, you will find solutions.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Looks #Problem #Solutions

Give yourself a deadline to stop planning and to start taking action.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Giving #Action #Planning

It's not enough to be sick and tired of something. You've got to be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Attitude #Tired #Sick

It's not the method, it's the mindset.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Attitude #Mindset #Method

Player for player, there’s 
no better working band in jazz than The Cookers.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Player #Band #Jazz

Player for player, there’s 
no better working band in jazz than The Cookers.
-- Andy Gilbert

#Player #Band #Jazz

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people then to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie. I said, "I think there's a Broadway musical here." And really, from that day, we started figuring out how we would do it.

Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy who wanders into her yard.