Alan Schaaf Quotes

What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.

So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.

History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.

Politics is pretty much an up and down business

There is a feeling that events are in the air; all that is unpredictable is their timing. Perhaps we shall see several more years of peace, but it is equally possible that overnight some tremendous upheaval will happen.

People are tired of constant movement, improvisation, and wild scrambling when plans fail.

By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the winds.

Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

The world is changing so quickly, it's hard to get anything right for long.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to the next. Politics, religion, economics, and the institutions of family and community all have become abruptly unsure.

Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.

The world is but a perpetual see-saw.

It's a volatile time.

Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.

The Twenties have this sort of attitude where you never know what's around the corner.