We are people in circumstances who make choices that we think are right at the time. Joel Edgerton Read Quote
I am so in the past. I’m such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. Elton John Read Quote
Traditionally, diplomacy was done in an environment of information scarcity. Ambassadors would send back telegrams to foreign ministries, comfortable in the knowledge that their views of a country would be the only source of information the minister would see. Douglas Alexander Read Quote
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. Benjamin Disraeli Read Quote
I think I’ve drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she’s gone. She had it all. Sandra Bernhard Read Quote
And so it can be very much in the interest of bank A to sell-short bank B shares, or buy CDSes on bank B, because they have exposure to bank B. It’s the responsible thing to do as a fiduciary, and yet if everyone does it at the same time, it’s destabilizing because everyone is selling. James Chanos Read Quote
We will need to reach out to all those actors – to governments, to civil societies, to businesses – and help in mobilizing them to help in this fight against climate change. Patricia Espinosa Read Quote
I never bothered with cars. I was probably one of the few kids in school who didn’t run around with hot-rod magazines. As I would be at home fiddling with my guitar, they would be fiddling with a car engine. Angus Young Read Quote
When you look at every studio in the ’20s or ’30s, from Louis B. Mayer to Jack Warner, you see people who started with one plan and quickly shifted gears to adapt to a changing world. One of my favorite stories is that Walt Disney mortgaged his house to make ‘Snow White.’ He saw there was a real opportunity to change the world. Ryan Kavanaugh Read Quote
