Serj Tankian Quotes

I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms that make the system turn in on itself.

Serj Tankian System Of A Down

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• I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Up
  • Future
  • Boring

• Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • Good
  • Leave
  • Tattoo

• Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Nature
  • Perfect
  • Value

• Mark Wahlberg, when I was in high school, people were like, 'You look like Marky Mark!' Then as I got older, they were like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg.' Now they're like, 'You look like Donnie Wahlberg's cousin from Massachusetts.'

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • People
  • School
  • High

• If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • You
  • Meet
  • Standards

• Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Time
  • Dad
  • Amazing

• I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Always
  • Things
  • Indie

• When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.

  

  Madhur Mittal
  • You
  • Look
  • Perform

• I don't envy young actors.

  

  Edd Byrnes
  • Young
  • Envy
  • Young Actors

• The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Bad
  • Funny
  • Boy

• I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.

  

  B. B. King
  • People
  • Believe
  • Way

• Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • People
  • Life
  • Change

• If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Life
  • Story
  • Life Story

• Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.

  

  Zeljko Ivanek
  • Wish
  • Like
  • I Wish

• I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Father
  • Think
  • Environmental

• I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.

  

  Hannah Marks
  • Myself
  • Too Much
  • Fat

• If you say you are the Safe Food Foundation, that means you're implying that your food is safer or that every other bit of food that we're eating is not safe. If they were a really honest foundation, they would call themselves the anti-GM foundation.

  

  Barry Marshall
  • Food
  • Foundation
  • Eating

• I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Friends
  • Style
  • Inspiration

• I'm a great believer in our ability to come up with the ideas necessary to solve the big questions. I have less confidence that we'll be able to find a consensus about which ones are right without experiment.

  

  Leonard Susskind
  • Up
  • Great
  • Confidence

• What do we actually seek from food? It's not calories, nor is it volume or mass. It is, in fact, nutrition: micronutrients, which include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals. These are components by which food can be assessed a value, and therefore, a decision can be objectively made as to whether it's worth eating.

  

  Brendan Brazier
  • Food
  • Decision
  • Calories

• Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Job

• I see little girls at my meet-and-greets who are like, 'Kelsea! It's my first concert and I came to see you.' And I'm thinking, 'I don't want to post anything online that your mom would be mad at me for, because you're important to me.'

  

  Kelsea Ballerini
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Mom

• I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Work
  • Different
  • Game

• I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms that make the system turn in on itself.

  

  Serj Tankian System Of A Down