It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
JOEL SILVER Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the...
JOEL SILVER The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want mov...
JOEL SILVER I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I w...
JOEL SILVER I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I...
JOEL SILVER The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live an...
JOEL SILVER We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persi...
JOEL SILVER The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix'...
JOEL SILVER The genre is not going to die. It's a great genre. You just need to find ways to make it fresh.
JOEL SILVER I don't claim to know how to sell anything. I'm a geek.
JOEL SILVER It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been b...
JOEL SILVER I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very sm...
JOEL SILVER It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should ...
JOEL SILVER I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix , we saw that people wanted more...
JOEL SILVER It was like a 1930s comic book set in the future. I can't say what it was, but there was something a...
JOEL SILVER Ever since Fahrenheit 9/11 , I think we've been seeing there's a real audience for movies with polit...
JOEL SILVER It's an odd little movie. We weren't sure who would show up.
JOEL SILVER Water's fairly cold. Can't see a thing.
JOEL SILVER It wasn't working out, ... There was some problems. We went into a different direction.
JOEL SILVER This is a movie that is special.... It's about violence and society, ... Look, we need help on this....
JOEL SILVER We really haven't marketed to that group. I'm not sure why. We market to urban audiences.
JOEL SILVER I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you sh...
NATE SILVER If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking ...
NATE SILVER People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they a...
NATE SILVER There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
NATE SILVER We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wr...
NATE SILVER I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.
NATE SILVER Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
NATE SILVER You get steely nerves playing poker.
NATE SILVER Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things...
NATE SILVER A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pur...
NATE SILVER If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
NATE SILVER When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.
NATE SILVER When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an...
NATE SILVER Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library ...
NATE SILVER The Protestant Reformation had a lot to do with the printing press, where Martin Luther's theses...
NATE SILVER The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information.
NATE SILVER We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
NATE SILVER The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
NATE SILVER We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and ...
NATE SILVER Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
NATE SILVER Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold strea...
NATE SILVER If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples ...
SPENCER SILVER Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in...
NATE SILVER First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political vi...
NATE SILVER I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.
RON SILVER Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
NATE SILVER I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
HORACE SILVER Technology is changing the world; it's changing our sport. It's changing the way people are ...
ADAM SILVER People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.
NATE SILVER There's still technical buying and there's no selling. You've got strikes and new labor disputes com...
ANDREW SILVER Group 2 is stacked. The end of May could be great. It's exactly what we want. The caliber of ball we...
ANDREW SILVER It's certainly fund business today. The trouble is that they can't get enough of the metals without ...
ANDREW SILVER Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices.
ANDREW SILVER The market has been pushed up by a lot of fund buying.
ANDREW SILVER We are not in a bear market, but the bull market has been put on hold for the time being.
ANDREW SILVER Investors are shifting their attention to other metals and soft commodities.
ANDREW SILVER It's a sign that spare metal is around.
ANDREW SILVER More copper will arrive. Still, it's not going to be a big gain.
ANDREW SILVER You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what ...
RON SILVER The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,...
NATE SILVER On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to pl...
NATE SILVER By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thou...
NATE SILVER The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scal...
RON SILVER I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
NATE SILVER I ran track. I ran cross country. But I did not play organized basketball in high school, at least o...
ADAM SILVER My major concern heading into the season is scoring goals,
CASEY SILVER Elizabeth is focused, is a very good leader, and has great stickwork and the ability to beat defende...
CASEY SILVER As chairman and CEO for the past three years, I am very proud of the films released during that time...
CASEY SILVER Krystal is experienced, works at her game and is a strong hitter, ... Hannah is very versatile and c...
CASEY SILVER Hannah just picked up the game last year and she is very quick, ... Ellie is playing with more confi...
CASEY SILVER Lindsey is very fundamentally sound and consistent, ... She is a heady player who works hard on her ...
CASEY SILVER Valerie's skills are developing rapidly, ... Her stickwork is much improved and she is a pleasant su...
CASEY SILVER We have only two seniors, and many of the juniors are up from the junior varsity team, ... How they ...
CASEY SILVER I've spent almost 12 years at Universal Pictures, and it has been a rewarding experience enabling me...
CASEY SILVER I thought we played hard and didn't quit, ... Kate Epstein was outstanding defensive for us.
CASEY SILVER I've just always been a bit of a dork.
NATE SILVER I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.
RON SILVER It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.
RON SILVER I'm a huge fan of the game. It's beyond a fringe benefit of obviously getting to work at the...
ADAM SILVER I just like to use the football analogy. I'm the head coach and my job is to direct the team down th...
CRAIG SILVER In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of...
RON SILVER I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.
JOSH SILVER Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.
ADAM SILVER I'm not coming in as an advocate of sports gambling. I'm trying to be more of a realist to s...
ADAM SILVER The Houselands. Graveyard to the ones
who got locked out. A chill ran up London’s spine. What...
ANNA SILVER I don't think he's ever jumped away from the needle.
SCOTT SILVER That's what makes the game so cruel. On one side, I have to be happy with the way we played. We move...
STEVE SILVER We're not the millionaires that people think when they see busses.
JOSH SILVER A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
NATE SILVER This all feels so familiar. Jackson said a lot of these things to me the first time I got pulled. I ...
EVE SILVER I didn't write the book in sequence. If I got stuck I started a new chapter. I didn't know where it ...
DON SILVER Like all of us, we have pretty serious mood swings.
JOSH SILVER I like the all-around ability of Casey Silver and she makes players around her better,
CASEY SILVER As most movie executives know, the busy award season can generate significant revenue opportunities ...
BRADLEY SILVER There's a long battle ahead. With these other players doing well, BlackBerry may suffer.
BRADLEY SILVER Most of you will have heard the maxim "correlation does not imply causation." Just because two varia...
NATE SILVER Ninety-five percent of campus buildings and three of five dorms [north campus] are cooled and heated...
DOUG SILVER They could either go to Target or try to find another toy retailer like K-B Toys. You would think Ta...
JIM SILVER The way I see it, the toy industry is no longer just about toys per se. I call it the family enterta...
JIM SILVER Catherine was a part-time starter last season and has a strong hit, ... Hillary has worked really ha...
CASEY SILVER Over $500 million last year was spent on Harry Potter toys and this year is expected to be even bigg...
JIM SILVER I don't think this is a show about the priesthood. This is a show about guys who are discerning thei...
DARRYL SILVER To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute ...
NATE SILVER I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating...
NATE SILVER Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a G...
NATE SILVER Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.
RON SILVER I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and playe...
HORACE SILVER Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.
RON SILVER That was a good effort. It was one of the best we've had against a quality team after the first quar...
MIKE SILVER Mal dragged the last few inches of the sword free of his flesh, wincing at the raw pain. She's stabb...
EVE SILVER Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic inter...
RON SILVER Emily is very capable but must remain focused, ... She knows her angles, and makes good stops and cl...
CASEY SILVER Casey is the best all-around player on the team,
CASEY SILVER Well, I love Pink Floyd, so I wouldn't be offended by it. I only intentionally robbed them three...
JOSH SILVER American Girl had done it strictly catalog and online, before they built the three stores. They deve...
JIM SILVER When I realized when (Stardust) was born, that sort of ignited an interest I had in the late '60s, ....
DON SILVER I really feel like the dark side of the '60s began in that period, ... I wanted to explore that and ...
DON SILVER I was 12 in 1968. From a serious kid's vantage point this was a terrifying time to grow up,
DON SILVER That was the start of an incredible year,
DON SILVER I worked on inventing their connection and how the 60s influenced their lives. It helps that I've al...
DON SILVER I focused on the stories of individual people rather than making this a kind of polemic,
DON SILVER It made a mockery of everything that came before ideologically. There was no message to their action...
DON SILVER After I got sick and beat it I decided I was going to write because that is what I really wanted to ...
DON SILVER Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling th...
DON SILVER I forced myself to write every day, seven days a week for as much time as I could spare,
DON SILVER Microsoft is going to be feeling more pressure, especially as applications get to be more OS -agnost...
MICHAEL SILVER These include high voltage electricity, extremely hot-water pipes, oxygen-deprived air, etc. Student...
DOUG SILVER The manholes located along these pipes are subject to water collection from several potential source...
DOUG SILVER For the most part, the utility manholes are located along the piping networks in order to provide ac...
DOUG SILVER I'm sure that's a long way down the line. But probably not as long as you think.
CRAIG SILVER I think eventually it's going to a point where leagues and conferences will end up producing coverag...
CRAIG SILVER We have a game plan. We have an anticipation based on all our research, all our conversations with t...
CRAIG SILVER I think the only time people notice something is when you do something horribly bad, you miss action...
CRAIG SILVER You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a...
NATE SILVER I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.
ADAM SILVER I tend to be a pretty physical person.
ADAM SILVER Strong college basketball is great for the NBA.
ADAM SILVER While, to me, daily fantasy is in no way sports betting, it's certainly a cousin of sports betti...
ADAM SILVER I watch college basketball and sports in general. I'm also a runner. I live on the Upper West Si...
ADAM SILVER I love technology. I have my iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and Mac laptop. Because I love technology, I th...
ADAM SILVER Ultimately, the issue is not whether you are pro- or anti-sports betting. You begin, from my standpo...
ADAM SILVER To build from scratch with the price of land (around Durango), it's a big item. And I think that kin...
JANEY SILVER I just have to have faith that one of these days something's going to break wide open. I'm getting o...
JANEY SILVER Nobody without lanes is as active as we are. I can guarantee you that.
JANEY SILVER I realized I was meant to live, that life had to change.
IVY SILVER Of all the families, you'd think I would've known.
IVY SILVER This is an amazing resource.
IVY SILVER (Hill's performance) was the best point production by an individual in the conference championships ...
LEE SILVER We're doing a better job of filling events and getting people closer to qualifying.
LEE SILVER Due to short prep time - some athletes had two days of practice thanks to successful basketball seas...
LEE SILVER Not that much to pay if you want to see how a disease affects a mammal or how a drug is going to wor...
LEE SILVER They're always robbing us. That's why I don't wear skate clothes very much.
JOE SILVER Although some environmental products are a little more expensive, the paint isn't. Painting contract...
JOE SILVER We don't carry just any product that claims to be environmental. We research our suppliers to find t...
JOE SILVER I wanted teddy bears from Build-A-Bear Workshop, because when you make them, you put a heart in them...
JENNY SILVER I was thinking about how the kids in New Orleans wouldn't have a good holiday. They'd lost everythin...
JENNY SILVER Being with Jonah is pretty amazing. We see what the power of friendship can do. After the third meet...
JENNY SILVER It looks like they did, to some extent, what the Department of Justice couldn't. I could see where t...
MICHAEL SILVER Baseball is still in his blood, and he loves it. And he's a pleasure to work with. ... All of my emp...
ROY SILVER the words of a madman are only chaos to the sane.
-JOEL The way to Elfin is found on the path
That weaves through the Misty Forest
That lives betw...
THE SILVER ELVES Like a ten-ton cake, the world is more than anyone can eat at one sitting. Select a piece of it, the...
SAMUEL M SILVER Instead of making prisoners out of our students, we ought to make students out of our prisoners.
PAUL W. SILVER There are no proofs. There are only agreements
PAUL W. SILVER Water runs if you try to grasp it, but pours onto an open hand.
THE SILVER ELVES My cooking spoon,
My magic wand,
Of this dish,
You will be fond.
THE SILVER ELVES If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
JOEL OSTEEN When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to jus...
JOEL OSTEEN You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.
JOEL MCHALE God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
JOEL OSTEEN A pig has a plow on the end of its nose because it does meaningful work with it. It is built to dig ...
JOEL SALATIN Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though,...
JOEL OSTEEN Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best d...
JOEL OSTEEN I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to...
JOEL OSTEEN If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
JOEL OSTEEN If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good g...
JOEL KINNAMAN If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
JOEL OSTEEN I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrin...
JOEL OSTEEN I love 'Breaking Bad.' I'd watch Bryan Cranston read the phone book, for days.
JOEL KINNAMAN I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of be...
JOEL EDGERTON I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.
JOEL EDGERTON I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.
JOEL MCHALE It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and...
JOEL MCHALE My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be ...
JOEL MCHALE Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while yo...
JOEL MCHALE It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor need...
JOEL MCHALE Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money.
JOEL MCHALE If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.
JOEL MCHALE Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair gla...
JOEL MCHALE In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty r...
JOEL MCHALE Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
JOEL MCHALE In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. B...
BILLY JOEL We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a s...
JOEL COEN Resting metabolic rate is largely genetically determined, but our calorie intake has an effect as we...
JOEL FUHRMAN Combine anti-cancer foods to maximize protection against all cancers: A number of plant foods are as...
JOEL FUHRMAN Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message tha...
JOEL SALATIN I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
BILLY JOEL If I need a cause for celebrationOr a comfort I can use to ease my mindI rely on my imaginationAnd I...
BILLY JOEL