Gerard Nierenberg Quotes

#1. I am not opposed to religion. Far from it. I'm for anything that gives people peace. That's why I am also for hot tubs and compact discs of whale songs. Anything that soothes the soul is fine by me.

Michael Ian Black

#2. My father's politics were old-fashioned in the sense that he used to say, all the time, "You've got to fight the system!" But my spiritual beliefs have led me to believe that the fight is the problem.

Marianne Williamson

#3. When I first moved from photography to filmmaking, I was worried about how big I had to become. I was one person, or maybe me and an assistant, and I had these small cameras, and maybe a flash.

Lauren Greenfield

#4. Litigation is a tool used by negotiators.

Gerard I. Nierenberg

#5. We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.

Eric Cantor

#6. Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.

Philip Sidney

#7. I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic.

Alan Shearer

#8. Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

Alex Cox

#9. Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to jump in the volcano. Pontiff, don't think of it as endorsing paganism, think of it as supersizing Ash Wednesday.

Bill Maher

#10. If I give you my idea and you give me yours, then we each have two ideas, and together we have four.

Gerard I. Nierenberg