Makers Quotes

Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned.

The greatest drawback in making pictures is the fact that film makers have to eat.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

Guantanamo Bay houses enemy combatants ranging from terrorist trainers and recruiters to bomb makers, would-be suicide bombers, and terrorist financiers.

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.

Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical.

We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy.

I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dream.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.

I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural.

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama.

As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level.

Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.