Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.
Quotes to Explore
-
The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.
-
I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
-
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
-
Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
-
It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
-
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
-
My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
-
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
-
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
-
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
-
The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
-
The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
-
We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
-
My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
-
I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
-
I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
-
Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.
-
America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.
-
Everything happens through relationships.
-
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
-
Art has to address eternal issues.
-
In my country - even though we have a lot of dark-skinned people - people think the lighter you are, the better you are. They think beauty has to do with being light-skinned. I think that's really wrong.
-
A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.
