Alexander Mackendrick Quotes

#1. The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.

Alexander Mackendrick

#2. Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

Thales

#3. But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Jesus Christ

#4. The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

Alexander Mackendrick

#5. Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.

Alexander Mackendrick

#6. Our merchandised may be over priced, but I think it's reasonable considering I only want more money.

Thom Yorke

#7. Market-driven design builds the success of the product's marketing into the product itself.

Seth Godin

#8. Children are often better actors than adults because they have a greater capacity for believing in a situation.

Alexander Mackendrick

#9. My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Richard Branson

#10. Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits.

Robin Marantz Henig

#11. To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd

Aristotle.

#12. Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much.

Marie Lu

#13. Everyone needs someone to tell them not to wear so much Prada.

Jim McKelvey