Holy Grail famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The holy grail for a music fan is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever. Or, even better, from lots of different planets. The closest we got to that was before the Internet, when people didn't know of each other's existence. Now, that doesn't really happen.
-- Aphex Twin -
The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
-- Banksy -
I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.
-- Ben Nicholson -
If it has horses and swords in it, it's a fantasy, unless it also has a rocketship in it, in which case it becomes science fiction. The only thing that'll turn a story with a rocketship in it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.
-- Debra Doyle -
If there’s a zeppelin, it’s alternate history. If there’s a rocketship, it’s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, it’s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.
-- Debra Doyle -
The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs.
-- Donald Berwick -
The search of the Holy Grail or the voyage towards a new continent never enlisted so much energy and so much faith as does this pursuit of youth by old age. It is a race not of the fleet but of the most credulous.
-- Elisabeth Marbury -
When you're a comedian, the Holy Grail is an hour long HBO special.
-- Gabriel Iglesias -
That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.
-- Glen Mazzara -
I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.
-- Jeremy Piven -
The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.
-- Joseph A. Schumpeter -
What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.
-- Kathryn Bigelow -
Relevance is a search engine's holy grail. People want results that are closely connected to their queries.
-- Marc Ostrofsky -
The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain.
-- Thomas R. Insel -
The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.
-- Tom Spanbauer -
The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression.
-- William Vickrey -
The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.
-- Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal.
-- Evan Jacobs -
[Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail] it is a big story, which is why there are two more films coming, which will bring the total length of the series to 3 hours.
-- Evan Jacobs -
The film [ Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail] was shot on a KODAK Zi8 camera as well as on multiple camera phones. It was processed using the effects of FINAL CUT X and then edited in FINAL CUT 7.
-- Evan Jacobs -
In the case of the tip rule, Donald Trump has delivered a huge gift to the owners of big chain restaurants, for whom getting their hands on workers' tips has been a holy grail for a very long time. In Donald Trump, they finally found a president who will do their bidding.
-- Heidi Shierholz -
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it.
-- Stephen Birmingham -
That's the Holy Grail right now for the whole media industry, and so that's where most of our efforts are going to: How do we get people to pay for this, and to continue to pay for it as there's more and more competition for their attention?
-- Maria Rodale -
'30 Rock' is the holy grail of comedy in my opinion.
-- Cheyenne Jackson -
If there’s a zeppelin, it’s alternate history. If there’s a rocketship, it’s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, it’s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.
-- Debra Doyle -
Junk bonds are the Holy Grail for hostile takeovers.
-- Roger Miller
