Graydon Carter Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.”

“The shelf life of a movie actor or actress is so short, it's like milk.”

“There's probably a half-dozen movie actors I really like. But a lot of them just aren't that interesting.”

“Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.”

“The last thing businessmen want to do is sit in a room filled with other businessmen. A room full of money is a pretty boring sight - unless it's yours, of course.”

“As someone who came to New York in the 1970s, I was, like so many of my friends, a certified member of what we now call the 99 percent - and I was a lot closer to the bottom than to the top of that 99 percent. At some point during the intervening years, I moved into the 1 percent.”

“There is a certain ancient civility about tailors that is welcome - especially in modern London, which is now very much an international city, not an English city. They're still a little vessel of Englishness in what is otherwise a pretty rambunctious place.”

“As any journalist will tell you, there are few professional situations as vexing as when a friend becomes involved in a major story that you feel you must cover.”

“Fashion is a dangerous road to go down. Anybody who is going to have children later in life had best not be too fashionable because the photos will come back to haunt them.”

“I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.”