Bill Lear Quotes

#1. It was hard to believe that someone so beautiful could be real. I was afraid that he might disappear in a sudden puff of smoke, and I would wake up.

Stephenie Meyer

#2. Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out.

Bill Lear

#3. Could five hundred men have painted the Sistine Chapel?

Bill Lear

#4. You can't stand up in a Cadillac, either.

Bill Lear

#5. The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

Julianna Baggott

#6. I'd underestimated him. I assumed anyone who started out gut-punching you in an elevator couldn't have all that much else in his arsenal. For instance, I had no idea he could smile, let alone at such an inappropriate time.

Jonathan Lethem

#7. Have you noticed that even the busiest people are never too busy to take time to tell you how busy they are?

Bob Talbert

#8. I'm friends with [David] Fincher. [James] Cameron gives me advice. I know a fair amount of directors who have been through it, and they all felt pretty confident that I would be fine when I got my shot. So their confidence made me feel confident.

Timothy Miller

#9. Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!

Madhuri Dixit

#10. Some believe that as an icon the image of Oscar Wilde is too old and notorious
all right, not an icon, let him be our oriflamme.

Lara Biyuts

#11. Today, a single affluent family generally has more timepieces at home than an entire medieval country. You

Yuval Noah Harari

#12. Live,Die,Kill but don't complain!

Anonymous

#13. What if your advisor talks only about returns, not risk? ... It's his job to take risk into account by telling you the range of possible outcomes you face. If he won't, go to a new planner, someone who will get real.

William Forsyth Sharpe

#14. The best of life is the exercise of ingenuity-in design, in finance, in flying, in business.

Bill Lear

#15. What you need is an idea.

Bill Lear

#16. Why did you become a journalist?"
"Better than working for a living.

Leslie Cockburn

#17. By focusing only on jobs and inflation - and, in effect, only on the former - the Fed behaved myopically, indeed politically.

Raghuram G. Rajan

#18. If it looks good, it will fly good.

Bill Lear