W.D. Frank Quotes

I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of my children, but I don't think that's asking too much.

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

I don't think anyone sees truth for a simple reason: we aren't static.

Beliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.

Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.

Science "says" nothing. People say things and knowledge changes.

I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty.

Donald Trump is not a very bright or nice man. Bad combination.

I'm less certain now but kinder.

We have no outside point of view. We are nature too.

Laws of nature don't know they are "fixed." That's a human pattern seeking description that comes out of our need to survive. It isn't an objective description of anything.

We are not evolved but evolving.

We are always in transition.

In the future, fortune could well favor those who didn't sell their good domain names too cheaply, or too boldly

Assume that everybody can see what you are doing and then live your life that way - you will find that generally you are treated right.

Las Vegas is the most honest fake city in the world.

Blessed be the slot players for theirs is the hope of a better day dawning.

I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door.

I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city.

There's always tomorrow; that's the martial way.

This is my world. You step into my world, you will step out a loser - I guarantee it.

I break bones, I break people, I break spirits!

Numbers don't lie. You always seem to remember your workouts as being a little better than they were. It's good to go back and review what you do.

When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.

I was actually going to law school in 1972.

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

My goal is to break three hours in a marathon

The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.

And if you should survive to 105 Look at all you'll derive out of being alive. Then here is the best part You have a head start If you are among the very young at heart.

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.

Trouble just seems to come my way-unbidden, unwelcome, unneeded.

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women.

Way down among Brazilians. Coffee beans grow by the billions. So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.

I was able to put something back. I was able to be of help to [Frank Sinatra] when he needed my help - and he did need somebody's help.

Hopefully I never get hit with that stigma of being a novelty act. Since [my father] death in 1998 I've been doing a program called Sinatra Sings Sinatra.

I'm world-famous in West Bromwich.

Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world.

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.

The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.

If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.

I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.