Deal Quotes

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

The negative cost of Lewis and Clark entering the Garden of Eden is that later expeditions regardless of what they were intended to do, later expeditions did not deal with the native peoples with the intelligence with the almost kindly resolve that Lewis and Clark did.

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out.

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.

Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential.

At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.

There's Hezbollah, there's Hamas, there is a whole range of terrorist targets out there related to Palestine and to Israel that we ought to be trying to deal with. And there's a great deal of targets in the Philippines, Indonesia. You name it, there are a number of places where there are targets that we ought to be trying to deal with.

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

Conservatives, please. Let's not duplicate the manias of the Left as we figure out how to deal with Mr. Obama. He is not exactly the anti-Christ, although a disturbing number of people on the Right are convinced he is.

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

Members of al Qaeda and other affiliated organizations spent a great deal of time blending into the populations of several nations around the world and exploring all aspects of life there.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

When I went back to modeling, nobody knew how to deal with a 46-year-old model!

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.

I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.