Ed Gordon Quotes

At this time of Christmas, this season when gifts are given, let us not forget that God gave His Son, and His Son gave His life, that each of us might have the gift of eternal life.

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.

By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence."

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.

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

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

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

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.

Forget yourself and go to work.

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

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.

Angels are quite ample cause to cry.

Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.

[Long Island] is buoyant, it's on the outskirts of Manhattan, and so they have access to phenomenal restaurants.

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

Bread Street Kitchen is a big operation, a unique beast, and it needs bedding in.

You can't depend on the exposure of a TV screen to keep your feet on the ground and your food tasting delicious. You've got to push yourself.

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.

Funds raised create hope for kids with cancer. Research is our top priority for discovering a cure.

Like I've said before, so many times before, I'm not a good person, I'm not a hero. I'm a criminal, a liar, a cheat, a killer. It was them or me and I wanted to live.

School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on sports afternoons.

There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality. They're powerful enough to cut growth in half.

The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.

Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

I admired and valued Robin as a colleague and friend and as one of the greatest parliamentarians of our time. His wife Gaynor and his two sons are in our thoughts and prayers.

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play.

Our burden in going forward is tremendous. But our opportunity is glorious.

Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of actions on the part of Jefferson and Hemings that "speak" about the basic nature of their relationship.

A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.

I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a kind man. The whole band was great.

The real victory in all service is won in secret beforehand by prayer.

The world is an inferno. It will burn until every nation has fallen, until all who oppose us are dead, until people see the true light.

What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer afternoon?

When asked by someone how much money flying takes: Why, all of it!

Well, look who I ran into," crowed Coincidence. "Please," flirted Fate, "this was meant to be.

You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.

Without preservation and cultivation of the spiritual, your material success will be as ashes in your mouths.

Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.

My first wife didn't like to fly, either.

It's baseball. You've got to be the same guy every day, no matter if you go 4-for-4 or 0-for-4.

Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.

If we lose the spirit of 'go,' we have lost the very Christian spirit itself. A disobedient church will become a dead church. It will die of heart failure.

I'm on Facebook and Twitter, and occasionally I will tweet something. Somehow my problem is that I don't think I have anything interesting to tweet about.

If you think you've stopped learning, you're going to get lapped.

I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.

The importance of music extends well beyond its performance.