"My real problem was certainly decisions I made, and the optimism that I had in making them. Y'know, I mean, I lived within this kind of nimbus of optimism, that, no matter what I encountered, I would always overcome it. Well, optimism can be your worst enemy as well as your best friend, but the other side of this is, that, y'know, expenses grow. But our incomes have not."

--

Source : Source: www.slate.com

Neal Gabler

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Optimism Quotes

“If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.”
“I feel like every movie has been wish fulfillment. For The Heat, I love Lethal Weapon. I watch it over and over again. I always wanted a friend like that; I always wanted to be the badass taking down the drug dealers. It was basically just writing what I wished I could be. Female friendship is so interesting to me. I often feel like when you make female friends as adults, it's polite. I wish it was less polite and you could be frank and mess around with each other.”
“Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is ...”

Source : Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches”, p.146, Library of Alexandria
“Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.”
“A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.”
“My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled”
“There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.”
“I think people found out I'm just like anybody else. I've got problems, too.”

You may also like:

Abraham Foxman
Lawyer
Adolph Zukor
Mogul
Bill Moyers
Former White House Press Secretary
Harry Cohn
Louis B. Mayer
Film Producer
Norman Lear
Television writer
Richard Schickel
Author
Walt Disney
Animator
Walter Winchell
Commentator