Frank Zappa Quotes

I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole.

Frank Zappa

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• If the day comes where I can have my own action figure... I defy any actor to say that's not a good day.

  

  Owain Yeoman
  • Good
  • Action
  • Day

• There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.

  

  Iris Chang
  • People
  • Start
  • Chinese

• There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Training
  • Eating

• One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.

  

  Jack Germond
  • God
  • Religion
  • Belief

• We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China or the United States, but some of the big problems facing the entire world. From climate change to famine to even terrorism.

  

  Gary Locke
  • People
  • World
  • Together

• As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • Writing
  • Constitution
  • Court

• Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • American
  • Crazy
  • Said

• We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management.

  

  Karen Mills
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Government

• To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.

  

  Barbara Cartland
  • Beautiful
  • Sleep
  • Woman

• I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Time
  • Think
  • Same

• What you will be looking for is a day that closes above the prior day's high and most likely 'breaks' out to the upside to close above a trading range. This is the twitching worm that causes the public to leap before they look.

  

  Larry Williams
  • High
  • Day
  • Look

• Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Life
  • Real
  • Night

• I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few songs for a guy there named Jimmy Ritchey. Through that meeting, I met another couple guys and ended up getting a publishing deal in Nashville.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Opportunity

• Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform

  

  Adam Ferguson
  • Men

• Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',..). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.

  

  Larry Wall

• Oooh, oh, how many eyesHave seen their dream?Oh, how many armsHave felt their dream?How many hearts, baby...Have felt their world stand still?

  

  Marvin Gaye
  • World
  • Dream
  • Baby

• Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.

  

  Alfred P. Sloan
  • Organization

• I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

  

  Matthew Macfadyen

• Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

  

  Craig Sager
  • Obstacles

• Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

  

  Franklin Pierce Adams
  • Up
  • Age
  • Golf

• If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Good
  • Music
  • Write

• I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.

  

  Carl Andre
  • Study
  • Piano

• I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole.

  

  Frank Zappa