P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son.”
“Prodigious Preproduction Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Postproduction.”
“Prodigious was the amount of life I lived that morning.”
Source: Villette
“Prodigy"
Huge, megalithic corporation seeks a talented, ambitious prodigy to join our exciting dynamic Prodigy Division for summer job. Requirements include at least fourteen years' experience as a certified child prodigy ability to anagram adeptly (and alliterate agilely), fluency in eleven languages. Job duties include reading, remembering encyclopedias, novels, and poetry; and memorizing the first ninety-nine digits of pi.33”
Source: An Abundance of Katherines
“PRODIGY IS, AT ITS essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.”
Source: Parable of the Sower
“Prodigy only feeds on prodigy, fantasy on fantasy.”
“Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas.”
“Produce great men, the rest follows.”
“Produce results on the mat and in the classroom”
“Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.”
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“Produce, produce! Were it but the pitifulest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name. 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee? Out with it then! Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might.”
Source: On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history: six lectures ; reported, with emendations and additions
“Producer and consumer are always one and the same person, merely considered from two different viewpoints.”
Source: Property is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology
“Producer Ed Pressman had a book about Diane Arbus - it's the only biography that exists - and there had been many Diane Arbus scripts. Many. I don't even know how many over the years. And it's sort of a cursed project, for lots of reasons. There's probably some pile somewhere of all these weird attempts, all these portraitures that can't get made.”
“Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species.”
Source: Collected Works
“Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they don't. Even the actors don't. Even the studio heads don't, because they're beholden to this corporation and what the corporation wants. So no one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.”
“Producers and studios have produced a mixed bunch of genres. I am a producer who happens to be an author and a publisher so I produce and publish in multiple genres.”
“Producers and studios know what sells. It's nice to be one of the guys that can help sell a movie by taking his shirt off.”
“Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as an advantage to be able to make those movies.”
“Producers are looking to me to concept full worlds for subjects to compete, play a game show in, win an award, blah blah blah.”
“Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.”
“Producers are now employees, not creators.”
“Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.”
“Producers don't like the director who ignores their opinion - but I always try not to be the nicest person when making a movie. It's easy to do that. Just say 'Yes sir', "Alright', 'Okay' - but they're not seeing the movie because if they can, they should be directing the movie.”
“Producers don't really have any authority because you are paid by the artist, and if they choose to ignore you, they can. Your power only hangs by the tiniest thread. If you pull it too hard it will snap.”
“Producers don't really publicize movies.”
“Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a face, nor would they get a commercial value, necessarily - and I don't mean that in a good way or a bad way.”
“Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.”
“Producers might cast an actor because he is too tall next to the leading lady, who is too short, or they might not cast your guy because he's blond, and they wanted a brunette. There's all kinds of reasons why they want one person over another. I don't worry about it, but it can hurt sometimes if you really wanted something, if you really went after something.”
“Producers say things that they would like to see in the movie but they don't see the full picture. In the end if you ignore everything the producers say, of course, you get fired; but then if you listen to a producer on everything then it's like 'Hey - why don't you direct your own movie?'”
“Producers think in the language of abundance rather than scarcity, take initiative instead of waiting for someone else to provide them with opportunity, and boldly venture wise risks instead of surrendering to fear that they can't make a difference.”
“Producing a film is more unfamiliar territory. Although producing an album and overseeing artists is a task within itself. But film is unfamiliar territory so, here and now, that's more difficult.”
“Producing a great interview requires you to acknowledge the fact that, or to pretend as if, the person you are interviewing is more knowledgeable or interesting than you.”
“Producing a photographic document involves preparation in excess. There is first the examination of the idea of the project. Then the visits to the scene, the casual conversations, and more formal interviews - talking, and listening, and looking, looking. ... And finally, the pictures themselves, each one planned, talked, taken and examined in terms of the whole.”
Source: Harlem photographs, 1932-1940
“Producing a series-regardless of the genre, including BL-is a form of art. It's a way of telling stories about human relationships. This process requires professionalism, mutual respect, and genuine commitment from everyone on set to create a quality piece that can truly touch the audience's hearts.”
“Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.”
“Producing and deejaying are two different outlets to the same creativity. When I'm in the studio I get to create and go through my process. When I'm on stage I get to share the results of that process with everybody. It's two different experiences but they both go back to the same thing and I love them both.”
“Producing and distributing premium TV entertainment content is more 'global' now than at any point in the history of the business. World Screen does an excellent job in following the news, trends and key players. It's a must-read for those in the business of global TV and brings us that much closer to prospective buyers and distributors of our premium content.”
“Producing Bob Dylan was pretty much a spectator sport.”
“Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly.”
“Producing fuel cells and solar panels requires high tech facilities and produces high paying jobs. The industry is booming in Arizona. The state already has about 100 firms in the solar industry and has grown 20% since 2003.”
“Producing good stuff can be quite tough, and it involves a lot of frustration, but I always like things to be jolly and happy, and I forget thats actually not the point at the end of the day.”
“Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers.”
“Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.”
“Producing is great because you learn.”
“Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.”
“Producing is important because if there is no one making the tunes, there is nothing for the DJs to play, and nothing for the people to dance to.”
“Producing is just a big learning experience.”
“Producing is like pushing jello up a hill on a hot day.”
“Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.”
“Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job. When you're the director, you kinda do all the work. I'm actually going tonight to check the prints of my movie even though the premiere's tomorrow night.”