Best Models Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 28

“I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist, she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.”

Thinking Way Looks Attitude Mom Intellectual Models Feminist Celebrate Professors Crucial Apologizing Equipment Modeling

Author:Emily Ratajkowski

“I can't tell you how many reshoots I've done from, you know, famous photographers who really love just to shoot models and failed at shooting a Patti Labelle or someone like that because Patti Labelle didn't turn them on, so you have to shoot what you care about.”

Knows I Can Done Care Turns Models Photographer Shooting

Author:Carol Friedman

“There are a lot of ways that investment banking models work, but these risks are not internalized by the people that are taking them.”

People Way Risk Models Investment Banking Investment Banking

Author:Robert F. Engle

“I don't see what the alternative to risk management is. If it's just getting rid of the models and instead using the smart people who can figure it out? How do you train them? What do you teach them? Do you just put them in a cockpit and let them stumble for 10 years of their life and then after that they're good at it?”

People Ifs Years Teach Risk Figures Models Smart Management Train Alternatives Risk Management Smart People Cockpit

Author:Robert F. Engle

“A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'”

Humans Interest Pieces Models Gun Texas Reporters Rangers Colts

Author:Clint Smith

“Isn't this the perfect image of the noblest selflessness, and thereby presents an example and a model? It should be inspiring: like them, we are the units of a great social body, like them, we can serve and contemplate death with equanimity, subordinating our individual consciousness to collective consciousness.”

Should Body Individual Social Perfect Consciousness Sacrifice Example Models Collectives Contemplating Units Selflessness Equanimity Collective Consciousness

Author:Leo Errera

“Evolution in action: First, God said, 'Let there be light.' Then, he created two nude models. Now we have photographers.”

Firsts Said Two Light Action Evolution Photography Models Photographer

Author:Bill Jay

“'I am a camera' but it is a discontinued model.”

Photography Models Cameras

Author:Bill Jay

“Listening to the data is important... but so is experience and intuition. After all, what is intuition at its best but large amounts of data of all kinds filtered through a human brain rather than a math model?”

Humans Kind Important Brain Listening Amount Models Intuition Math All Kinds Data Thought Provoking Human Brain

Author:Steve Lohr

“We learn as much by others' failings as by their teachings. Examples of imperfection is just as useful for achieving perfection as are models of competence and perfection.”

Failing Teaching Achieve Example Models Perfection Imperfection Competence

Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Demand that you demonstrate a strength of character in such a way that you find pride in who you are, and that others see you as a role model.”

Way Persons Character Today Situation Roles Focus Pride Demand Models Who You Are Intention Role Models Live Your Life Relentless Strength Of Character

Book:The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel

Source: The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel

“Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies, animal magnetism, psychological concepts, quantum theory, mathematics or the so-called anthropomorphic principle) it is not a case that one of them is more 'true' than others, but a case of which theory or model you choose to believe in, or which theory you find most attractive. Indeed, from a Chaos Magic perspective, you can selectively believe that a particular theory or model of magical action is true only for the duration of a particular ritual or phase of work.”

“In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.”

Ifs Has Beens Book States Facts Moving Political Nations Models Islam Awakening Contemporary Ideology Alternatives Not Sure

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“What you need to do is protect the structures and dynamics that are helping the people choose. The only thing that we can do is to respect the will of the people when it comes to majority processes. It is not for us to impose a model, it is not for us to impose answers to some critical questions.”

People Needs Helping Process Can Do Answers Protect Models Majority Structure Critical Dynamics

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“The Turkish road is not my model because I am critical of the way you are dealing with freedom of expression, of how you are dealing with the treatment of minorities, and your economic vision.”

Way Vision Economic Expression Models Critical Minorities Treatment Freedom Of Expression Turkish

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do think they are trying to find a new space in the multi-polar world, and this is what I am advocating. I don't think that Muslims have an alternative model.”

Thinking World Trying Term Space Vision Successful Economic Models Western Alternatives Turkeys Advocating

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“That's the problem with the socialist model, because the socialist model - if you work twice as hard as I do, and you get just the same amount, pretty soon you decide that it's foolish for you to do more than I.”

Ifs Hard Problem Amount Models Foolish Socialist

Author:Rafael Cruz

“We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.”

People Moments Creativity Support Economic Models Something New Economic Models

Author:Judd Apatow

“I was a boy in the ads I did as a child. My sister was the girl, and I was the boy. I had short hair and I was in overalls and I was giving flowers to my sister Daisy, who fit their model of what a girl was supposed to look like.”

Giving Looks Children Girl Boys Flower Hair Fit Models My Sister Ads Daisies Short Hair Overalls

Author:Rose McGowan

“You have to be at the forefront of culture to create art, which they call "product," and Hollywood is not. It's this very old business model, which I think is dying in a lot of ways.”

Thinking Way Art Culture Dying Products Models Hollywood Business Models

Author:Rose McGowan

“The key question facing those of us working in the media (old and new) is whether we embrace and adapt to the radical changes brought about by the Internet or pretend that we can somehow hop into a journalistic Way Back Machine and return to a past that no longer exists and can't be resurrected. There is no question that, as the industry moves forward and we figure out the new rules of the road, there will be - and needs to be - a great deal of experimentation with new revenue models.”

“What happened to the Soviet Union happened mainly for domestic reasons. It was a failure of the model based on a command economy and dictatorship. The rejection of freedom and democracy, the decisionmaking monopoly of one party, and the monopoly of one ideology all had a chilling effect on the country. That model turned out to be incapable of making structural changes. It did not open up ways for initiative and was overly centralized.”

“The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.”

Ends Views Too Much One Day Models Consumers Consumption Personal Views

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living?”

Ifs World States America Remember Energy Economic One Day Models Standards Percent Population What If Secretary Standards Of Living World Life Economic Models

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.”

“Elizabeth Warren is, I think, a great demonstration of the kind of movement-oriented model-wielding power from within the Senate. Over and over, she's rallied tons of people to battles that they don't normally get involved in.”

People Thinking Kind Movement Involved Battle Models Senate Get Involved Demonstration Wielding Power

Author:Ben Wikler

“I'm happy with the way I did my career, I wouldn't change it in a million years. I got to do the real grafting and learning from real models when I was younger - how to open up a jacket, walk, and such.”

Way Years Real Walks Careers Millions Models Jackets Grafting

Author:Naomi Campbell

“I have nothing. My model is I have nothing figured out, and I'm starting with some little nugget and hoping that it will talk back to me enough to let it grow.”

Littles Enough Grows Models Starting Nuggets

Author:George Saunders

“The traditional models for success are just also disappearing.”

Models Disappear Traditional

Author:Steven Soderbergh

“I think he's [Louis Brandeis] a great model for progressive justices today who want to answer the originalists. It's not that the original paradigm cases are irrelevant, but you have to focus on the values the framers were trying to protect, not on the means with which those values were invaded in the 18th century.”

Thinking Want Trying Mean Today Values Justice Answers Cases Focus Century Protect Models Originals Progressive Irrelevant Paradigm 18th Century Framers Louis Brandeis

Author:Jeffrey Rosen

“As the popular trust in science fades - and many sociologists say that's happening today - people will develop a distrust of purely "scientific" psychology. Researchers in the universities haven't picked up on this; they're more interested in genetics and computer models of thinking than ever. But, in general, there is a huge distrust of the scientific establishment now.”

People Thinking Today Psychology Havens Huge Computer Models Happenings University Establishment Fades Distrust Genetics Researchers Sociologists

Author:James Hillman

“If you take a look at the way the premium content is monetized, there's a lot of different models out there. Sometimes you pay for an individual episode, for example on iTunes. Other times you pay for a subscription. And other times it's free ad-supported.”

Ifs Way Looks Different Sometimes Individual Pay Example Models Ads Episodes Premium Itunes Subscription

Author:Jason Kilar

“I think I've always wanted to be a role model, and I think ... everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model. I think it's like the thing keeping me out of jail.”

Thinking Should Trying Wanted Roles Models Jail Role Models

Author:Mindy Kaling

“[Being role model ]is good for me mentally, selfishly, and it's also nice to try to do that for, especially, younger women. I mean, it's scary as hell. ... I worry about it, but I think it's a good thing to try to do.”

Thinking Trying Mean Roles Worry Hell Nice Models Good Things Scary Role Models

Author:Mindy Kaling

“I had PubLIZity, I had Oh, Hello, I had Bobby and Farley - all of these sketches that were really these duo sketches, but the relationship between them is really what catapulted them forward. A lot of that, I think, came from Wayne and Garth, these two similar guys - they're Midwestern metal guys - but in the end, they're quite different because there's an alpha and a beta. And I think that model became very present for me on Kroll Show.”

Thinking Two Different Ends Shows Guy Models Metals Hello Wayne Alphas Beta Duos

Author:Nick Kroll

“My parents deeply and truly loved each other, and if my mother hadn't died they would have been together forever. They were together for as much of forever as was given to them. They really loved my brother and me and were very good to us. It gave the model of how to have a happy marriage and family, but it also set the bar very high.”

Ifs Has Beens Together Mother Given Parent Forever Brother Models Died Very Good Bars My Brother Happy Marriage Marriage And Family Together Forever

Author:Andrew Solomon

“In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.”

World Roles Models Athlete Role Models

Author:Scott Avett

“Now my mom designs to resign so she runs for US senate, and now at 67 my mom just launched a new company called Women's Leadership Live, she is the cofounder and CEO, and it's all about empowering women to be successful in business however they define success. When you have a role model like that you really don't ever look at gender as an issue and it's about owning your place and taking charge of your role, regardless of what you look like.”

“Abbey Lee was a very famous model and had great success. She was very open about the negative aspects of that industry.”

Industry Models Negative Aspect Great Success Abbey Very Famous

Author:Nicolas Winding Refn

“We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result.”

Results Models Turmoil

Author:Tony Blair

“Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy.”

Should Democracy Members Models

Author:Colin Powell

“I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An actor is different. It's important to work with the actor because in the end that's who the audience sees and that's the success that you need.”

Thinking Needs Important Different Ends Jobs Actors Audience Models

Author:Patricia Field

“I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.”

Stills Hard Steps Models One Step At A Time Go Hard

Author:Ace Hood

“The current male-dominated model of success - which equates success with burnout, sleep deprivation, and driving yourself into the ground - isn't working for women, and it's not working for men, either.”

Men Sleep Models Males Currents Driving Deprivation Burnout Sleep Deprivation

Author:Arianna Huffington

“I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to.”

Looks Roles Inspire Models Look Up Role Models Sibling My Siblings Good Role Models

Author:Melanie Iglesias

“Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.”

People Way Heart Facts Stories Action Moving Turns Powerful Brain Economic Models Data Courageous Economic Models

Author:Annie Leonard

“Many kids and parents ask me, 'What kind of guitar can I buy?' It's a great opportunity for those people to be able to buy a quality guitar that's not necessarily a little Fender or whatever. Ernie Ball signature model guitar is something that's more signature.”

People Kind Littles Kids Able Asks Opportunity Parent Quality Models Balls Guitar Ask Me Signatures Great Opportunity

Author:John Petrucci

“I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about.”

Made Hands Form Realizing Numbers Activity Creating Models Airplane

Author:Paul Smith

“I was raised by my grandmother. She had a very difficult time, raised all her kids, my father and everybody. Listening to those stories and finding her so strong, poised. Anybody who came close to her was made to feel blessed. And at the same time, it didn't matter how strong a person was, in front of her, their head would go down. She carried through her life raising everybody. That is my model.”

Feels Persons Made Matter Stories Kids Father Strong Difficult Fronts Listening Findings Models Blessed Raised Grandmother My Grandmother Difficult Times

Author:Rajashree Choudhury

“Justice Sandra Day O'Connor serves as a model Supreme Court justice, widely recognized as a jurist with practical values, a sense of the consequences of the legal decisions being made by the Supreme Court.”

Made Values Justice Decision Models Consequence Court Supreme Practicals Supreme Court Supreme Court Justice Court Justice Jurists Sandra Day O Connor

Author:Patrick Leahy

Models Quotes

Related topics

Models Quotes