James Brolin Quotes

#1. Right, oh, yeah, Happy 9/11! Celebrate the day, right?

James Brolin

#2. There are portions of Malibu that are very remote; it's like living in the country somewhere.

James Brolin

#3. I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.

Rand Paul

#4. Definitely, I'm always nice. Sometimes I wish I could be naughty, I'm just a little too boring.

Gabrielle Dennis

#5. I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15.

James Brolin

#6. I believe that anybody who gets married should go to a counselor for months before the wedding. I think that's going to save guys a lot of money and the ladies a lot of heartbreak.

James Brolin

#7. I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics.

James Brolin

#8. There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

David Dinkins

#9. Hatta always gave the impression of rain. If I was in a real good mood and full of ideas and then happened to encounter Hatta, I felt I was suddenly surprised by a shower of rain and got wet all over the body. My good mood was gone, and also my ideas.

Sukarno

#10. I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.

James Brolin

#11. Any girl that's got a $500,000 table and $5 shoes, I'm in love with.

James Brolin

#12. Decree now, and say it meaningly: "From this moment forward, I will admit to my mind for mental consumption only those ideas and thoughts that heal, bless, inspire, and strengthen

Joseph Murphy

#13. The fact is, I am in my third marriage and I do not believe in divorce. But I was half the problem, I guarantee you. More than half the problem. I couldn't negotiate with the other women.

James Brolin

#14. I feel like we were married from the moment we sat down there.

James Brolin

#15. I don't care who you are, the pressure is on to go to the next task immediately. What happened to the days of hanging out in the hammock all afternoon?

James Brolin

#16. One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get down to working and talking to them and the toughest guy will want you to open them up and he wants to show you stuff he was afraid to show anybody before.

James Brolin

#17. I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.

James Brolin

#18. Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corner in Harlem or in a little town in Kansas where nothing happens, it's all out there for them. They can do whatever they dream or wish or see on television, or read about in the papers.

James Brolin

#19. I like to throw my own punches when I can, as would any guy. You can always tell when it's somebody in a wig. It's cool when it comes up to your face and it's still you in the fight.

Jason Dohring

#20. Not taking risks one doesn't understand is often the best form of risk management.

Raghuram G. Rajan

#21. It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.

Jim Rohn