Quotes about References

Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References. Votes: 3

Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request. Votes: 3

References to everybody just disturb me, and it also disturbs me that the people who make policy are not the same people who live policy. When we talk about everybody, we are leaving a whole lot of bodies out. Votes: 3

I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references. Votes: 1

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. Votes: 1

All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100! Votes: 1

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates. Votes: 1

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly. Votes: 1

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. Votes: 1

White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in contemporary novels. Votes: 1

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season. Votes: 1

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow. Votes: 1

The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. Votes: 1

I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that. Votes: 1

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. Votes: 1

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too! Votes: 1

I think that children's books should be censored not for references to sex but for references to diseases. I mean, who didn't think after reading 'Madeline' that they were going to get appendicitis? Votes: 1

Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot. Votes: 1

The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the shows, if you're paying attention, are pretty smart and pretty sophisticated. Votes: 1

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator. Votes: 1

Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time. Votes: 1

I was greatly influenced by 'The Goons' and 'Monty Python' reconstituting what comedy was - it could come from a funny word, not just a set up and a pay-off. I liked the zaniness; they were satirical, slightly saucy and very literary in their references. Votes: 1

I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy. Votes: 1

When I was reading books for 'Seesaw Girl,' I came across several references to the fact that in the 11th and 12th centuries, Korean pottery was considered the finest in the world. I liked that - the idea of a little tiny country being the best at something. Votes: 1

In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it. Votes: 1

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all too often an exaggeration. At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies. Votes: 1

Photography obviously lends itself so well towards fashion. It's capturing that moment and that inspiration, and as a designer you are constantly walking through the world assimilating those visual references you have and so being able to solidify that into a photograph and keep it on your mood board is essential to creating a collection. Votes: 1

I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco sauce, some ketchup, some mayonnaise. I love all of that. Put it on a trumpet. I've just got to have the ketchup and Tabasco sauce. That's my attitude about musical philosophy. Votes: 1

To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and 'Chocolate Rain' and allusions to 'Office Space' and 'XKCD.' It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction. Votes: 1

Always verify your references. Votes: 0

There are no answers, only cross references Votes: 0

The Christian Bible offers some 300 references to Angels. Votes: 0

Expand your references, and you'll immediately expand your life. Votes: 0

Money and goods are certainly the best of references. Votes: 0

I take references from the past and flip them. Votes: 0

The references you do not verify are the good ones. Votes: 0

But it's not just a game of finding literary references. Votes: 0

Well, I have a lot of food references in my work. Votes: 0

Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up. Votes: 0

9/11 references are like Lay's potato chips...no Congress can make just one. Votes: 0

[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt. Votes: 0

You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir. Votes: 0

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references. Votes: 0

Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition, Votes: 0

It's hard to make a lot of pop culture references where there's no pop culture. Votes: 0

There are often references to childhood, but they're rarely the focus of the [my] novels. Votes: 0

My references, my musical tastes, everything that I like, in fact, comes from the '70s. Votes: 0

When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved. Votes: 0

My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember. Votes: 0

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. Votes: 0

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry. Votes: 0

Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery. Votes: 0

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me. Votes: 0

People enquire as to the craft behind our art and we reply by making references to a patently childish notion. Votes: 0

[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit. Votes: 0

I'm a boxing junkie, a serial-killer junkie, and a classical guitar junkie. All of these guys are great, poetic references. Votes: 0

You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from. Votes: 0

The tedious and convoluted reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ongoing project to expunge all references to God from the public domain. Votes: 0

I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects. Votes: 0

Bruce Smith is a tender master of music, and beautiful lines, and complex thoughts, and fascinating wild personal and cultural references. Votes: 0

I'm sick of people imposing cultural references and influences on me, but I'm not sick of people talking about my age. Votes: 0

You know that you can't make references to the Classics any longer and less and less to the English classics even. Votes: 0

You have to be very careful with who you do business. It's like a marriage. Do your research and check references. Votes: 0

Using references of current technology, Martin Luther King Jr. could mentally cut and paste better than any individual I have ever known. Votes: 0

Really dig into projects people have worked on and call references; that is another thing that first time founders like to skip. Votes: 0

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words. Votes: 0

My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive. Votes: 0

What is it with you and the Wizard of Oz references? Zombies and werewolves and vamps, oh my. Zombies and werewolves and... Votes: 0

When someone transitions you should refer to them by their new name both in the present and with references back in time. Votes: 0

I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture? Votes: 0

The decline of education in North America and I suppose in Western Europe makes it harder to have a common body of references. Votes: 0

I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere. Votes: 0

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me. Votes: 0

Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes. Votes: 0

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it. Votes: 0

Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American. Votes: 0

In the concordance of Nicola Six's kisses there were many subheads and subsections, many genres and phyla - chapter and verse, cross-references, multiple citations. Votes: 0

If something is going to be better, it is new, and if it's new you are confronting problems and challenges you don't have references for. Votes: 0

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite. Votes: 0

I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use. Votes: 0

I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references" Votes: 0

If there's one single thing that I do every single time, it's require references and, ideally, at least one reference from every company they've worked at. Votes: 0

Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle. Votes: 0

Social media listening tools make it easy to track brand references and mentions, and these functions can still be handled ably by a small, dedicated team. Votes: 0

We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something. Votes: 0

The way I make art, the way a lot of people make art, is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. Votes: 0

There is a pool of references in New York and Los Angeles that are almost exclusively drawn from the media, from the world of television and advertising. Votes: 0

I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead for 50 years. Votes: 0

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan of action movies. I don't watch many action movies, I don't have a lot of references except for 70s action movies or cinema noir. Votes: 0

Click, clack, click, clack, went their conversation, like so many knitting-needles, purl, plain, purl, plain, achieving a complex pattern of references, cross-references, Christian names, nicknames, and fleeting allusions. Votes: 0

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references. Votes: 0

Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references. Votes: 0

U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of chemical and biological laboratories. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all references in music, art and fashion. Votes: 0

Mystical references to 'society' and its programs to 'help' may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means isputting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. Votes: 0

We feel in one world, we think and name in another. Between the two we can set up a system of references, but we cannot fill in the gap. Votes: 0

During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase. Votes: 0

I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new. Votes: 0

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references. Votes: 0

Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid. Votes: 0

A frame of references consisting of learning patterns of behaviours, values, assumptions and meaning which are shared to varying degrees of interest, importance and awareness with members of one group. Votes: 0

What matters in modern music is not the part you can write down, the words and the tune, but the rest - the texture, the atmosphere, the references and associations. Votes: 0

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats Votes: 0

It's difficult for me to work with women, because I find that direct references are made back to me too fast. Working with men, it gives it a little distance. Votes: 0

It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and all those old things are totally losing importance. Votes: 0

One of the most dynamic and significant changes you can make in your life is to make the commitment to drop all negative references to your past, to begin living now. Votes: 0

If you pursue enrichment and growth, you must increase your references by pursuing ideas and experiences that wouldn't be a part of your life if you didn't consciously seek them out. Votes: 0

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it. Votes: 0

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore. Votes: 0

It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have to be born into that particular language to get. Votes: 0

If you Google me, you'll find plenty of "dumb blonde" references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me. Votes: 0

I rarely get the "Annie Hall" references other than from people who are aficionados of movies, people who really care about movies. But in general, people don't even think about it. Votes: 0

I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around it a web of references, of relationships, of values. Votes: 0

I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own. Votes: 0

When you mention to people growing up in Cleveland they bring up the river catching on fire, or LeBron James leaving, they have these references, but no one imagines ending up there. Votes: 0

If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians? Votes: 0

I edited Big Funk, some of the footage was shot by Peter Care. We were film buffs as much as music buffs, and so there are film reference as well as sound references. Votes: 0

The crown chakra is located several inches above the head, but it is not connected. The crown chakra, also known as the thousand-petal lotus of light, references the planes of light, of enlightenment. Votes: 0

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right. Votes: 0

The Jesus experience expanded people into a position where they didn't have to have defensive tribal lives, "God loves my people, my tribe, anddoesn't like yours." The Bible is full of such references. Votes: 0

That was something that I learned from Alan Ball from "Six Feet Under." He didn't really like to have too many pop culture references because they don't really hold up after a few years. Votes: 0

Jewish persecution is a historical memory of the present generation and people fear it in the present day, and that's why those references are so much more powerful. I just understand that better now. Votes: 0

It's always a huge red flag for me when somebody's reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments. Votes: 0

If you want to appeal to people of different languages and cultures, you have to move toward tropes that are universally recognized. Games, references, subtleties that only work in your language are hardly useful. Votes: 0

I think that I'm very old fashioned in terms of my film references and what appeals to me, in a way with camera moves and a depth of color to bring things to it. Votes: 0

Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I've done with Almodovar. Votes: 0

The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of Naples. People have mentioned that Naples is like a character in the novels. Votes: 0

When you're shooting you go to references in your mind. You think about how you should stand in these particular clothes, or how you should move. You think about the different characters you're playing, really. Votes: 0

Inspiration is everywhere so don't get trapped in reading and watching too much. Get out. Talk to people, friends, family, loved ones. Draw inspiration from everyday life. It has inexhaustible references and is always original. Votes: 0