"'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper."

-- John Hawkes

#New York Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.”
“If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.”
“My wife likes the hockey smell because its the smell of a warrior.”
“I drink every night. But I don't hang out and party. Not that I'm selling out Madison Square Garden, but in the old days after a show you could hang out with a few people. But now you're hanging around with 20 people, all of whom don't know each other, and they're all, "Leave my outgoing greeting on my voice mail, man, come on!"”
“Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.”
“I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.”
“It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.”

Source : E. L. Konigsburg (1999). “The View from Saturday”, p.151, Simon and Schuster
“Let us see what tomorrow will bring us? Will it be joy and triumph, chaos and glory, love and growth, or victory and success?”

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