Carbonell Quotes

#1. When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.

Martin Fowler

#2. Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with 'The Sopranos,' and then on mainstream TV, shows like 'Lost' broke amazing ground.

Nestor Carbonell

#3. If it's strictly comedy, I like to bring some darkness to it. If it's strictly drama, I always like to lighten it up as well. I like to find some kind of dimension and make my characters human, so that it doesn't feel like a sketch and feels more like a slice of life.

Nestor Carbonell

#4. Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure.

George Gissing

#5. Instead of telling them God has a wonderful plan for their life - tell them who God is.

Paul Washer

#6. I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the director questions. It was always prefaced with, 'Would it be wrong for me to assume?' Because I didn't know where my character on 'Lost' was going.

Nestor Carbonell

#7. We are verbivores, a species that lives on words, and the meaning and use of language are bound to be among the major things we ponder, share, and dispute.

Steven Pinker

#8. I always like to try to bring whatever I can to what is on the page, so I like to find as much dimension as I can, in each role.

Nestor Carbonell

#9. If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?

Kapil Dev

#10. Those scenes on the beach on 'Lost' were so much fun. When it was a whole group scene, you'd just pop in with a line here and a line there, and there was a little activity, and you essentially spend the day with your friends on the beach. What an amazing working environment.

Nestor Carbonell

#11. Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and went from one day to the next; in its coming and its passing it brought me other hopes and other memories. [quoted in Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo, p. 54]

Augustine Of Hippo

#12. There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had a great teacher who introduced me to the Meisner technique for acting. Once I read that book, I said, 'Wow, if I could do that and have that honest moment on stage, that would be amazing.'

Nestor Carbonell

#13. I think that all architects, structural engineers, educators, and service personnel should have to spend a day in a wheelchair as part of training.

Juli K. Dixon

#14. I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that.
-Bobby Tom

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#15. It's tricky to do a serialized show and not lose viewers along the way because you really have to watch every episode.

Nestor Carbonell

#16. I'm not trying to write cinematic novels, but I have been told several times that my style is cinematic.

Nicholas Royle

#17. I like to work at night.

Terry Southern

#18. For me, it's always about what's on the page. I have tremendous respect for writing. When you recognize good writing, and you're lucky enough to get it, like with 'Lost,' that's what I follow.

Nestor Carbonell

#19. I was born in New York, but I'm of Cuban heritage. Maybe there's a little island in my blood.

Nestor Carbonell

#20. For some critics, a woman's looks remain the first place they'll go when they disagree with her opinions.

Anonymous

#21. The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.

Bruce Dern

#22. I love not knowing. It keeps me guessing.

Nestor Carbonell

#23. Counting pairs is the oldest trick in combinatorics ... Every time we count pairs, we learn something from it.

Gil Kalai

#24. Before it was revealed that my character on 'Lost' had a troubled history, a fan came up to me and said, 'Wow, you're a really nice guy.' To me, that was a compliment, having played a very villainous guy.

Nestor Carbonell

#25. Oh, God,' he whispers, reaching his hand behind my neck and bringing my lips to his. 'Let's let the whole fucking world explode this time.'
And we do.

Jandy Nelson