Chris Cornell Quotes
When we've toured with Skid Row and G N' R, we probably turned a few people on to our music, but I get the feeling at one of those shows you might snag maybe 10 percent of the people out there.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
-
I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
-
I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
-
Life is too short to blend in.
-
As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
-
I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
-
Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
-
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
-
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
-
In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
-
Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
-
I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget.
-
You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
-
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
-
In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
-
If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
-
As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way.
-
My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.
-
Having done so many versions, I never felt like an artist in 'Swan Lake.'
-
There are so many people who try so hard and have such big dreams, and it doesn't happen for them.
-
When I went to high school in Australia, I was exposed to textbooks that outlined evolutionary ideas - such as ape-like creatures turning into people. I recognized the conflict between evolutionary ideas and a literal reading of the book of Genesis.
-
It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.
-
..the self-knowledge that I am talking about is concrete, verifiable and is tangible like science itself and completely understandable in rational terms.
-
When we've toured with Skid Row and G N' R, we probably turned a few people on to our music, but I get the feeling at one of those shows you might snag maybe 10 percent of the people out there.
