Ed Gordon Quotes

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

The boss says 'I'; the leader, 'we'.

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

If the inspiration is genuine and it's coming from the right place, that's what I like and want to be a part of.

Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.

Don't face the facts.

Every sacrament meeting ought to be a spiritual feast.

Don't be gloomy. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. [Life is about] joy,... something to be happy and excited about.

We do not judge great art. It judges us.

The business model of racing is not a pretty one.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.

Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.

I feel like I'm getting to be a better driver every day.

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination.

Christmas means giving. The Father gave his Son, and the Son gave his life. Without giving there is no true Christmas, and without sacrifice there is no true worship.

That's what life is: repetitive routines. It's a matter of finding the balance between deviating from those patterns and knowing when to repeat them.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.

I tend to think having an impact on the world is a lot more complicated than government.

Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

The substitute for knowledge is money.

People talk about how you make team spirit - is it golf days or going out drinking together? That doesn't count. When you drink, you just tell lies to each other anyway and talk rubbish.

Kindness is the color in the cathedral window which woven into beautiful characters shuts out the hideous sights of a world which is all too practical.

. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.

Forget yourself and go to work.

Singing doesn't have to mean that you sound like Stevie Wonder. I love to sing. I'm not the greatest singer in the world. But, a lot of my favorite singers aren't the greatest singers in the world.

Knowledge without labor is profitless. Knowledge with labor is genius.

The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired.

A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.

Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don't do it.

Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

We waltzed Lisztlessly.

eating is the sleeping of being awake.

My wife and I love to read. Were going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs.

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.

I hope I've grown. We all should grow from year to year.

Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is toaster waffles shaped like cartoon characters.

Do not let fear overcome your efforts.

Here's the new art of the twenty-first century: the art of curating, the art of plucking all the good stuff from a superabundance of crap.

My favorite kinds of movies are the ones that start a conversation.

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.

I wish there were a healthier Republican Party in the state of Oregon.

No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.

Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it.