"Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk."

-- Bob Woodward

#Cities Quotes #Desks Quotes #Stills Quotes

“Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”
“A lot of luck, and being prepared when the opportunity came. There are talented individuals out there who didn't get the break that I got. Or when the break came, they weren't ready for it.”

Source : Interview with Paul Eide, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.
“before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison.”
“Is he nuts?" "I think the expression used to be 'touched by God'." "So that would be a yes.”
“White is the color of decomposition. White is also no color. White is nothing. In photography, the paper is white, next comes the light, which is also white, then the shadow is created, the apparition.”

Source : Sylvia Wolf, Dieter Appelt, Wieland Schmied (1994). “Dieter Appelt”, Art Institute of Chicago
“I think of myself as a highly sexual creature”
“In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for, in Real Madrid's opinion, "peanuts", and the never-explained departure of Jaap Stam appear to be the rational acts of a sage and far-sighted manger. To offload a player because he could not be reconciled with a role within the squad is a failing of management.”
“I believe in creative visualization.”

Source : "Victoria Beckham is too busy boning David to worry about his high-pitched voice". Marie Claire Interview with Kevin Sessums, October 06, 2010.

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