Quotes About Experience

I moved to New York when I was 17 and I had no idea what I was doing. I really thought I was going to take that city by storm and it taught me a lot; it was like the school of life. For me, it was like a series of really hilarious experiences in New York with getting jobs and getting fired.

I got to work alongside Alexandra Shipp, who plays Storm in 'X-Men: Apocalypse', so that was really cool for me.

I understand the atmosphere better than I ever did before. You feel the thermals while paragliding. You are in the clouds. Chasing a storm puts you in front of the cloud, not a book. I hope to learn as I do these things.

In my day, we had mastered high-intensity conflict, which is why I think we were so successful in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and then eventually the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

I've been working in Haiti 28 years - I thought I'd sort of seen it... I've gone through a number of coups, the storms of 2008, I thought, you know, that I'd seen things as bad as they were going to get, and I was wrong.

I've been in electric storms in the mountains. Scary things.

Everybody has their own story; everybody has their own journey.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

Each day has a story to - deserves to be told, because we are made of stories. I mean, scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story.

You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

I am the old story. L'histoire ancienne. But an old story can still be a good story, no?

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.

Extreme pain to extreme pleasure has been the story of my entire life.

Anyone can write your own life story.

I find that albums generally tell a story. Because it's music, it doesn't have to be in chronological order.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

I like to say, 'You get as much story as you can take.' But you have to effectively render it.

I always like to tell a story.

I think that's why most people listen to me - it is relatable. Who doesn't have a drama-filled story with an ex? We all do.

I'm not at my house storyboarding, and telling them they need to move from A to B, 'Move here and then there.' Never, ever! I used to storyboard when I was much less experienced.