Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cecil Beaton

You can't teach people photography, they've got to learn how to do it the best way possible for them. They can learn from looking at pictures taken by well-known people, but they don't really get intimate with the medium until they've made a few bad shots!

Carrie Mae Weems

I didnt know photography would take me to the places that it has taken me

Carrie Mae Weems

Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end.

Carl Sagan

He sought a way to preserve the past. John Hershel was one of the founders of a new form of time travel.... a means to capture light and memories. He actually coined a word for it... photography. When you think about it, photography is a form of time travel. This man is staring at us from across the centuries, a ghost preserved by light.

Antonia Fraser

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

Anton Corbijn

Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design.

Anton Corbijn

The really simple approach to photography is a great balance to making the films.

Anton Corbijn

I don't think I treat my film work as an extension of my photography. There are two different sets of rules there.

Anton Corbijn

My photography is very European. In America, I always get the sense that people are comforted by understanding what they're looking at. Photography's quite clear here [in the U.S.], it's very well-explained. My photography's perhaps not as well-explained.

Yahya Jammeh

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

Yossi Vardi

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yancy Butler

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

Ian Mckellen

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

Ian Mckellen

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Irwin Thomas

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.

Irwin Rose

I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

Imani Hakim

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

Neil Cohen

The patients who have had the more serious events are very sick patients. I think the purpose of this letter is for oncologists to get more information to make treatment decisions.

Atharva Veda

The past is 'truth' because events have already happened and they can not be questioned.

Jim Rice

The American people should never feel scared to go out to visit events that are their heritage, and that's exactly why law enforcement takes such a strong preparatory stance for these events.

Eric Howe

We were strong on floor, and I think that gave us some momentum going over to vault. Having those two events back to back was big.

John Parsons

Typically events like this would take four months, maybe six months,

Derek Schiller

We have a great opportunity to have two great events back-to-back.

Andrew Zalasky

We've managed volunteers for events like Special Olympics Iowa and the Iowa Games for 15 years.

Randy Thompson

We're still trying to place people in the right spots. Right after spring break, we'll start locking in and focusing toward district, but right now we're moving guys around to see how they do in different events and see where they'll be strongest.

John Seaberry

We're really trying to make it more spectator-friendly. Most of the events are at the base. People can participate and then they can come up and listen to good music.