Bernie Taupin Quotes
One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.
Quotes to Explore
-
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
-
The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
-
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
-
If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
-
The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
-
My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
-
All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
-
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
-
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
-
I think I'm like a free spirit.
-
In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
-
I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
-
My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
-
Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
-
I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
-
I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
-
I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
-
I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
-
I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was like, 'I'm going to be a doctor!' Doctor Luvvie was the dream. I was Doc McStuffins before it was a thing.
-
The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
-
Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
-
I made advances towards multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate. I put people in compromising and inappropriate situations, and I selfishly took advantage of those situations where I should have known better. My behavior was inexcusable and wrong.
-
You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.
-
One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.
