Short Alumni Quotes

#1. Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in expectation of success.

Ernest Shackleton

#2. My parents separated before I was 1 year old. I moved in with my aunt and uncle when I was in fourth grade. I was, like, 8 or 9 years old. I was getting in a lot of trouble when I was in Southern California. My older sisters were in gangs. My older brother was in gangs.

Troy Polamalu

#3. A good education teaches you how to ask a question. It's knowing what you don't know; the skills of critical thought.

Ted Sizer

#4. Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

Benedict Cumberbatch

#5. No artist, if he has original talent, can paint like another.

Joseph Plaskett

#6. Even on a black and empty street.
If we go together, we might one day find something like the moon thats floats in the darkness.

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

#7. If the CEO's behavior is 95 per cent healthy while the rest of the organization is only 50 per cent sound, it is more effective to focus on that crucial and leveraged 5 per cent that makes up the reminder of the CEO's behavior.

Patrick Lencioni

#8. Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as a species with the space program. We can't afford to regress back to the days of superstition.

Seth MacFarlane

#9. There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.

Kim Edwards

#10. I'm not a neurotypical person with an autism add on. I am autistic.

Tina J. Richardson

#11. Democrats are firm believers in the welfare state for their own constituents, whether that's a crack addict mother of five or a Wall Street banker.

Ann Coulter

#12. Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.

Dennis Prager

#13. The alumni of Second City from John Belushi to Martin Short have changed my entire life and brought a new kind of comedy to America and the World.

Bernie Brillstein