#vision

You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman." "Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#radio #read #reading #reading-books #sleep-walking

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art. ↗

— Joe Wright

#between #commercial #division #film #i

In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their dreams come true; who can kindle the people with the fire from their own burning souls. The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#great-leaders #idealism #inspiration #leaders #selflessness

Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leadership #vision #dreams

ياحبذا لو تنظر لنور الشمس لتبصر علم الرؤى عوضاً عن ضوء القمر و تكتب عن قصر الندى. ↗

— Sam Houssami

#dreams

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. ↗

— Rod Serling

#both #dancing #difficult #documentary #every

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist. ↗

— Georges Seurat

#character #depends #drawing #each #only

Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present. ↗

— Doc Severinsen

#acceptance #audience #become #certain #day-in

It's nice to watch television but it's even nicer when you've got a drink in your hand,' Gregory Ratcliffe, a Birmingham shopkeeper, told Reynolds News. 'Makes it more intimate somehow. Gives you the feeling that you're in a posh cabaret. ↗

— David Kynaston

#britain #drinking #fifties #home #television

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#indirect #look #looking #relativity #sun