Riskin Quotes

#1. It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!

Fay Wray

#2. I think the studio gave me that series on purpose, because they knew perfectly well that Robert Riskin was ill and that I needed to go to work. They gave me that series to do.

Fay Wray

#3. People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.

Robert Riskin

#4. Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

Al McGuire

#5. Like other spiritual fruit, joy must be cultivated.

George Foster

#6. If you become the star of the show, you can feel the heat. Use it to your advantage. Feel the limelight.

The Eldest

#7. When you're one step ahead of the crowd you're a genius. When you're two steps ahead, you're a crackpot.

Shlomo Riskin

#8. ...nature is so immoral, vulgar, and downright wicked we can't possibly use nature's behaviors to set rules for ourselves.

Dan Riskin

#9. I love him. I tried to love him from afar. I tried to be his friend. I tried to make him mine. But now, I'm trying to let go.

MsButterfly

#10. Art is 110 percent sweat.

Robert Riskin

#11. I' m going to bed. If anyone else attacks tonight, feed them Nick and tell them to go away.
-Caleb

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#12. Do your homework all of your life.

Muriel Siebert

#13. People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others.

Jeanne Phillips

#14. Our instincts weren't built to handle the kind of power our species wields over the planet, nature has been playing rough with us for so long, maybe it is no surprise we are being so rough with her now.

Dan Riskin

#15. You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?

Robert Riskin

#16. Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

Jean De La Fontaine

#17. I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the right place at the right time - not because of my efforts, but because of my preparation and because of the guides that I have, the mentors that I have, the spiritual walkers that I've had all my life.

Judith Jamison

#18. I got no hate in me.

Waris Ahluwalia

#19. Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday you build another fence around your minds.

Robert Riskin

#20. How did you feel feeding doughnuts to a horse? Had a kick out of it, huh? Got a big laugh. Did you ever think of feeding doughnuts to a human being? No!

Robert Riskin