Event Quotes - page 30

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event. (Janet Suzman)
In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event. View quote
Jeff Goodell
Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.' View quote
Jehane Noujaim
It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually). View quote
Jennifer Wyatt
I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event. View quote
Jenson Button
I see an insidious problem in the marketing of weddings as 'the happiest day of your life.' The pressure that is placed upon this event to be the alpha and omega of your entire existence makes it, I think, into a kind of nuptial New Year's Eve, and we all know how that usually turns out. View quote
Jessi Klein
My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity. View quote
Joely Fisher
Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process. View quote
John Abizaid
For every horrific event, something beautiful happens. View quote
John Ridley
THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died. View quote
John Sergeant Wise
I believe history will come to view 9/11 as an event on par with November 22, 1963, the date on which John F. Kennedy was murdered, cutting short a presidency that was growing ever more promising. Dreams died that day in Dallas; it is easy to imagine the 1960s turning out rather differently had President Kennedy lived. (Jon Meacham)
When I worry about privacy, I worry about peer-to-peer invasion of privacy. About the fact that anytime anything of any note happens, there are three arms holding cell phones with cameras in them or video records capturing the event ready to go on the nightly news, if necessary. View quote
Jonathan Zittrain
Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year's Day, is a time of reflection and resolution. View quote
Joseph B. Wirthlin
My best event is Super-G. I'm competitive in all my events, but Super-G has been most consistent for me. View quote
Julia Mancuso
I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time I see it as very informed by that. View quote
Julie Mehretu
Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. View quote
Jahangir Khan
In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved neither of my ambitions. View quote
James Black
The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it. View quote
Kurt Busch
I recently had the opportunity to participate in Inc.'s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries. View quote
Karen Mills
In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents. View quote
Keeth Smart
The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917. (Kelly Miller)
Birth is the scariest event of most peoples' lives. You have to feel safe enough in your own mind before you can remember your own birth. View quote
Leonard Orr
There is an event once a year that I'm able to sing at, through 'Passions,' in Tennessee. That's always fun. We perform at the Wild Horse Saloon. View quote
Lindsay Hartley
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time. View quote
Louis Begley
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. View quote
Louis Kahn