Primarily Quotes

552 quotes by 469 authors

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and… — Eli Roth
The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas… — Salman Rushdie
Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming? — Richard Russo
I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists,… — Jerry Saltz
It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk,… — Sharon Salzberg
Emotion is primarily about nothing and much of it remains about nothing to the end. — George Santayana
Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to… — Dan Savage
A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues… — Eliot Spitzer
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. — Robert Louis Stevenson
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships. — Deborah Tannen
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. — Peter De Vries
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. — Thomas J. Watson
Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the… — Vivienne Westwood
Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its works: one is… — George Edward Woodberry
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people… — Philip Zimbardo
Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the… — Douglas Rushkoff
Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person… — Erich Fromm
In the minds of great managers, consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of… — Marcus Buckingham
What I'm primarily saying,' he says, 'is that this is a time for knowledge assimilation, not backstabbing. We learned a lesson, you and I. We… — George Saunders

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