B. J. Porter Quotes

Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .

All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer.

The world has no hold on you. Whatever has a hold on you comes from your mind.

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

Night and day you are the one, Only you beneath the moon and under the sun.

Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the 'wrong' scenario occurs.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

How a big majority of book critics and authors have come to believe and to teach that no book is true to life unless it is true to the worst in life, God knows.

The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.

In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.

Now: heaven knows, anything goes.

You waste life when you waste good food.

If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs... Love for sale.

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top.

Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control.

Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.

You shouldn't side-step suffering if you have to go through it to get where you're going.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes

Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.

Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.

What we need now is endless courage.

Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint.

Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

I love Paris in the summer, when it sizzles.

My liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.

You can't be all things to all people.

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

We'll be getting rid of these people here... First, Mr. Samir Naga... Naga... Naga... Not gonna work here anymore, anyway.

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

Nature always levies her tribute.

I get so tired of moral bookkeeping.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private . Always have an ace in the hole.

The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.

The seasons run with swift feet.

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.

Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously