A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships were built for.
ADMIRAL GRACE HOPPER A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships were built for.
ADMIRAL GRACE HOPPER The most damaging phrase in the language is, "It's always been done that way".
ADMIRAL GRACE HOPPER It's easier to seek forgiveness than it is to get permission.
REAR ADMIRAL GRACE MURRAY HOPPER A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
GRACE HOPPER If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get per...
GRACE HOPPER I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, '...
GRACE HOPPER It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
GRACE HOPPER You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
ADMIRAL GRACE HOOPER At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I pl...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It ...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER I only know one person who was able to write a program in ink and have it run the first time. That w...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn in...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for i...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, "Please cut off a nanos...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER You manage things; you lead people
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for o...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "Wha...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, 'Information'; for in ...
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER "Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill more Japs!'
ADMIRAL FREDERICK The Third Fleet's sunken and damaged ships have been salvaged and are retiring at high speed toward ...
ADMIRAL FREDERICK Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill more Japs!
ADMIRAL FREDERICK There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are fo...
ADMIRAL FREDERICK Before we're done with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in Hell!
ADMIRAL FREDERICK I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.
ADMIRAL FREDERICK There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men,out of necessity, are forced by cir...
ADMIRAL FREDERICK There are no extraordinary men...just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to de...
ADMIRAL FREDERICK Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter (before the Battle o...
ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD why should we feel ashamed of what has happend ,,,, we didnt ask for it ,,, are abuser forced it upo...
GRACE dont let your abuser win ,,,, brake the silence they have no right to get away with it xx
GRACE If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of n...
EDWARD HOPPER The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
EDWARD HOPPER If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.
EDWARD HOPPER I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.
EDWARD HOPPER I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.
EDWARD HOPPER Well, I have a very simple method of painting.
EDWARD HOPPER It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pu...
EDWARD HOPPER Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before...
EDWARD HOPPER I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested visio...
EDWARD HOPPER In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovati...
EDWARD HOPPER I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to ...
EDWARD HOPPER In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of...
EDWARD HOPPER My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impress...
EDWARD HOPPER The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this idea...
EDWARD HOPPER No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
EDWARD HOPPER There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.
EDWARD HOPPER Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
EDWARD HOPPER Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result ...
EDWARD HOPPER After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance a...
EDWARD HOPPER More of me comes out when I improvise.
EDWARD HOPPER What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
EDWARD HOPPER The only real influence I've ever had was myself.
EDWARD HOPPER If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
EDWARD HOPPER Well, writing novels is incredibly simple: an author sits down…and writes.

Granted, mos...
CHRISTOPHER HOPPER Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
HEDDA HOPPER You want to hear about insanity? I was found running naked through the jungles in Mexico. At the Mex...
DENNIS HOPPER Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are ...
HEDDA HOPPER There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more in...
EDWARD HOPPER If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.
EDWARD HOPPER They recognize that the worst way to punish them is to kick them out of school.
ALLEN HOPPER If the 9th Circuit says, 'The sky is blue,' they ( the Supreme Court ) would want to review the deci...
ALLEN HOPPER The White House wants California to march in lockstep with its misguided prohibition of medical mari...
ALLEN HOPPER I am excited, and I applaud the city council for its creativity and bold decision to put the issue s...
ALLEN HOPPER Here you have police officers on the front line whose reputations have been horribly tarnished, if n...
ALLEN HOPPER I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwill...
EDWARD HOPPER Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly ...
EDWARD HOPPER Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are ...
HEDDA HOPPER I had final cut, and I cut my own throat.
DENNIS HOPPER To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.
DENNIS HOPPER He's simply the best, and if he wants to call acting merely a craft, then he's the greatest craftsma...
DENNIS HOPPER I had final cut, they wanted me to re-edit it, I refused,
DENNIS HOPPER I've been a Republican since Reagan. I voted for Bush and his father. I don't tell a lot of people, ...
DENNIS HOPPER In a world where the dead are returning to life, 'trouble' loses much of its meaning. ... Land of th...
DENNIS HOPPER I voted for Bush, and I don't have anything to disapprove of.
DENNIS HOPPER I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.
HEDDA HOPPER Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independen...
DENNIS HOPPER I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations.
HUGH HOPPER I live in a city that is billboards. Billboards and graffiti.
DENNIS HOPPER I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.
EDWARD HOPPER Like all tools, modern technology has produced some wonderful moments in music and also some horrors...
HUGH HOPPER She looks like she combs her hair with an egg beater.
HEDDA HOPPER At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money an...
HEDDA HOPPER [Ruling over everyone in the rich folks' enclave is the sinister Kaufman, amusingly played by Dennis...
DENNIS HOPPER Our intent is not vindictiveness. Something has to be done.
GARY HOPPER In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One.
HEDDA HOPPER Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have in...
HUGH HOPPER He's got a pretty even temperament. He doesn't get too upset if things aren't going his way. Even if...
EDDIE HOPPER 'Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was ...
DENNIS HOPPER My crew and I airlifted nearly 100 people from the roof of a building and onto a field where ambulan...
DAVID HOPPER We were a cash-strapped park before the hurricane. Now we are an incredibly cash-strapped post-Hurri...
JOHN HOPPER because the reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world...
DENNIS HOPPER People would be surprised to know that,
DENNIS HOPPER The Crow: Wicked Prayer
DENNIS HOPPER He's a smooth, cool, intelligent actor who loves to work.
DENNIS HOPPER You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photog...
DENNIS HOPPER We hope the city defendants, especially Mayor Wilder, will use this as an opportunity to take the le...
DAVID HOPPER We are pleased to be part of this campaign as while people are good at recycling their green glass, ...
DAVID HOPPER It's rewarding to help our fellow Americans, ... The crew knows that these people don't have a home ...
DAVID HOPPER We've got to tackle better. We've got to get first downs. We can't give the ball to them on the 50-y...
DAVID HOPPER The Kiwanis does worldwide community service and our little local club decided to do our share. We s...
DAVID HOPPER A group of smaller local sponsors, racers and interested parties got together in June and decided to...
LARRY HOPPER When he makes a bogey, 75 percent of the time it's not because he hit a bad shot; it's due to three-...
EDDIE HOPPER He's got pretty long ball off the tee. He's learned to hit those short wedges in there. He's good at...
EDDIE HOPPER Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact wi...
HUGH HOPPER I really don't have a shopping list of musicians. You can never tell who is going to spark off that ...
HUGH HOPPER Don't know about heaven, but it's true that there are some real monster players in hell! In fact, if...
HUGH HOPPER Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, ori...
HUGH HOPPER With the Navy's presence, there will be no doubt about what the venue represents.
LARRY HOPPER Without the volunteers, World Care doesn't exist.
LISA HOPPER Fifty thousand would make a huge impact.
LISA HOPPER While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.
HENRY HOPPER We do not believe that Mike's conduct during the tournament appropriately represents the deep-seated...
RANDY HOPPER I knew if we kept it close, we had a shot. Our kids have a tremendous amount of heart. We don't quit...
TONY HOPPER I think we're going to be there a relatively long time. I see it in months, and not weeks.
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY KEATING Coming about this time tomorrow that force will number about 7,200-7,500 army and marines assisting ...
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY KEATING Right now my biggest concern is getting forces in place and getting this thing started.
ADMIRAL LEIGHTON SMITH The great majority of the people say enough. They are sick and tired of this war.
ADMIRAL LEIGHTON SMITH Congress did not intend the term 'navigable waters' to be given the broadest possible constitutional...
M. REED HOPPER Anywhere water flows is a tributary in their book.
M. REED HOPPER We're a bit surprised the court took this case, but we have a new court with Judge Roberts.
M. REED HOPPER We're ecstatic. He's the ultimate folk hero, standing up to the government over a matter of principl...
M. REED HOPPER All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on m...
NANCY GRACE It's so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to ta...
GRACE GEALEY I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made wi...
GRACE SLICK Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced...
GRACE GEALEY I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to le...
GRACE JONES I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress...
GRACE JONES It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict...
GRACE JONES I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent,...
MAGGIE GRACE There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one ...
MAGGIE GRACE When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
MAGGIE GRACE Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
MAGGIE GRACE I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flav...
MAGGIE GRACE Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
MAGGIE GRACE I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some b...
MAGGIE GRACE I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
MAGGIE GRACE I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are an...
MAGGIE GRACE I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip...
MAGGIE GRACE Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very...
MAGGIE GRACE Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii...
MAGGIE GRACE I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We ...
MAGGIE GRACE I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye...
MAGGIE GRACE I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
MAGGIE GRACE I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&...
MAGGIE GRACE Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
MAGGIE GRACE I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedic...
MAGGIE GRACE My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I...
GRACE SLICK People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it...
GRACE SLICK The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots...
TOPHER GRACE If I go anywhere, and I don't have my coffee, I don't drink coffee. When I travel, I carry i...
GRACE HIGHTOWER When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was...
GRACE LIN Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say...
GRACE JONES The great thing about a sitcom is that you're in front of a live audience, so you really get in ...
TOPHER GRACE When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many yea...
GRACE LIN We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the consci...
GRACE SPEARE Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you prac...
GRACE SPEARE I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.
GRACE METALIOUS No matter how big or soft or warm your beds is, you still have to get out of it.
GRACE SLICK For every force, there is a counter force. For every negative there is a positive. For every action ...
GRACE SPEARE I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, &#...
GRACE HELBIG The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.
GRACE SPEARE What do you do when the one person you want comfort from the most is the one who caused your pain? H...
AMANDA GRACE If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations...
GRACE SARA She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she c...
GRACE WILLOWS Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn...
GRACE SARA Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that eve...
GRACE SPEARE Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
GRACE MOORE When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a pict...
GRACE SPEARE All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, ba...
GRACE PALEY Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think...
GRACE SPEARE Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN And, oh, how blessed is it thus to meet! To feel that vanished years have not estranged us,distance ...
GRACE AGUILAR An architect is the drawer of dreams
GRACE MCGARVIE I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevail...
GRACE PALEY A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
GRACE PULPIT I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big ...
NANCY GRACE I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know...
GRACE SLICK Once I started to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I learned that our worth, o...
GRACE GEALEY We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly...
GRACE GEALEY In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to c...
GRACE SLICK I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I...
GRACE POE I think the truth is black-and-white.
NANCY GRACE I did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's...
GRACE HELBIG Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giv...
GRACE GEALEY Getting angry doesn't solve anything.
GRACE KELLY I find that when I put too much makeup on, or I use a certain brand, my skin will break out. I tend ...
GRACE GEALEY I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn fr...
GRACE GEALEY