Central Quotes

1135 Central quotes by 894 unique authors

To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy. — Anne Enright
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story. — Bret Easton Ellis
Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies,… — Joel Edgerton
Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a… — Andrew Gross
I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important… — Kina Grannis
My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can… — John Grierson
Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA. Today was a good day. — Ice Cube
I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you. — Al Yankovic
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these days is clearly… — Charley Reese
I'd propose that each central-city child should have an entitlement from the state to attend any school in the metropolitan area outside his own district… — James S. Coleman
In the economy of the cuckoo people that populate central banks, everything is possible. What you have is gigantic bubbles, the NASDAQ in 2000, then… — Marc Faber
When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building… — Robert M. Gates
In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture. — Stephen Gardiner
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of… — Virchand Gandhi
Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate. — Ellsworth Huntington
The tax relief package enacted in 2001 was central to pulling the economy out of the post 9-11 recession. It's the reason we've got low… — J D Hayworth
Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study… — Roman Jakobson
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century:… — Emir Kusturica
I run in Central Park as the sun comes up. Some may mistake it for walking, but I swear I am running. I could not… — Hoda Kotb
As per the age-old Customs and Central Excise Rules 1967, a person is allowed to carry only Rs 20,000 worth of gold. — Vayalar Ravi
Many Americans do not realize that we could institute proportional representation for most elections in the U.S. without amending the Constitution. In helping to educate… — John Anderson
I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg. — Dick Cavett
In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was… — Janet Yellen
My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's… — Janet Yellen

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