Kevin Clash quotes

“Personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work Sesame Street is doing, and I cannot allow it to go on any longer. I am deeply sorry to be leaving and am looking forward to resolving these personal matters privately.”
-- Kevin Clash

Source : "Sesame Street's Kevin Clash Resigns as Elmo" by Maggie Coughlan, people.com. November 20, 2012.

#Sorry Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Important Quotes

“And one of the things that I've always loves about children is their vivid, unrestrained, and far-reaching imaginations - the depth and breadth of their creativity.”
-- Kevin Clash

Source : Kevin Clash (2006). “My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud”, p.65, Harmony

#Children Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“I had always dared to dream large, but even this black kid~ez_rsquo~s imagination could not have come close to inventing the storybook success that I have enjoyed in the nearly thirty years I`ve worked in this medium I adore.”
-- Kevin Clash

#Dream Quotes #Kids Quotes #Years Quotes

“If you can get the crew to laugh on a show, you know that you're doing something.”
-- Kevin Clash

#Laughing Quotes #Crew Quotes #Shows Quotes

“I knew Elmo should represent love. Kissing and hugging.”
-- Kevin Clash

#Kissing Quotes #Hug Quotes #Elmo Quotes

“If everybody else your age is doing something very different than what you're doing, there's always going to be someone saying to you you might not succeed with it, you might not make any money with that... there's always going to be some type of obstacle in the way. All of those things will go away if you really focus on what makes you happy.”
-- Kevin Clash

Source : Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

#Focus Quotes #Going Away Quotes #Age Quotes

“Sesame Street is the epitome of children’s television. It has continued to maintain the successful structure that was established in the beginning. Through it’s amazing research department, teaching has been made fun. This, the heart and humor works for children and adults alike, that’s why I’m very honored to be a part of it.”
-- Kevin Clash

#Children Quotes #Fun Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“I've never been nervous. I just wanted to play and have a good time. If it didn't work, then I would get nervous. But, for the most part, I just go for it.”
-- Kevin Clash

Source : Source: collider.com

#Play Quotes #Good Times Quotes #Nervous Quotes

“A boss should be respectful of everybody. He should still make sure everybody knows that he is the boss, without having to say it 24/7, but by him approaching you in a way that led you to know that you mean something to the company.”
-- Kevin Clash

Source : Source: collider.com

#Mean Quotes #Boss Quotes #Way Quotes

“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.

“I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.”

“I'm sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the sexes. 'The modern girl has a thoroughly businesslike attitude to life' That sort of thing. It's not a bit true! Some girls are businesslike and some aren't. Some men are sentimental and muddle-headed, others are clear-headed and logical. There are just different types of brains.”

“I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.”

“Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah.”

“There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet for the first time, and fortunately coming back.”

“As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.”

“I think it's really important to live in the moment.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.

“You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.”

“Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.”