Padma Lakshmi Quotes

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me.

Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.

But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

I figure if you have one person that loves you, that's enough, growing up. You just need one person in your corner.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.

It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.

I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

My mother, Yolanda, was a little girl who never grew up, and sometimes we would laugh, and I would say things like, 'Okay, so now it looks like I am your mother and you are my daughter,' to which she would reply, 'Well, yes. Handle it and pamper me.'