Mark Harmon Quotes (28 Quotes)


    It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

    How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?

    Dave is a great guy, a long-term employee. The bank will not lose a step.

    There are people who have lived all of their lives in Garber that know a lot of people in Billings and vice versa. It was a common sense co-opt. The towns are similar.

    I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.


    I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.

    But at the same time, it is a lovely place to work. I never lose perspective. You want to talk about hard work, let's talk about working in a coal mine.

    I tried to pick up some speech patterns from a couple of different Presidents, but other than that, I just wanted to play the role believable.

    It's hard to judge people after one game. You have to be ready for more surprises the second game. I think we can hold them to an acceptable number of points. Our offense has to get going.

    Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

    St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.

    I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.

    We have a lot more competition in practice this year. They have bonded real well. That's easy for you or me to say, but it's not always easy for kids competing for the same position. The way we have approached it is that we have five move-ins ... let's get to work.

    I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.

    Harmon uses the accessibility options in Windows 95 plus the voice-activated DragonDictate from Dragon Systems, Inc. in Newton, Mass., to control his PC and navigate among his applications. He uses Dragon's NaturallySpeaking to create E-mail and documents. There's incredible technology out there now, ... I stopped writing in 1975. Last October, I got DragonDictate and started writing again.

    People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.

    It all starts with the communities and administration. There was a lot of open-mindedness on both sides. They took the guess- work out. Both communities knew what to expect.

    I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.

    It couldn't have worked out any better. We have had zero problems. At small schools, we have to remind ourselves we're here for the kids. It's not just the wins and losses, but giving kids opportunity.

    At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

    They looked better than I thought they would after they lost their coach and as many players as they did. They still have some speed and they're big and physical up front.

    McNeil and I are very different people. McNeil is the guy you hope does your surgery, but not the kind of guy you wanna have dinner with.

    Actors who come on this show concerned about where the camera is are in trouble, because you don't know and you shouldn't think about it.

    Thousands of civilians who had laid down their arms were systematically murdered by the Bosnian Serb army and the accused, ... The crimes that were committed were of a type and scale not seen since World War II.

    His testimony exposed the lies of Bosnian Serb political and military leaders that the killings of civilians from Srebrenica was nothing but Muslim propaganda,

    When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.

    The only other job I've ever had where you can't wait to get there was being a carpenter. It was because you're doing something different every day.

    I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years I realize I must enjoy walking that edge, I keep doing it.


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