Chris Lilley Quotes

I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.

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• If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Time
  • Best
  • Worry

• You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Children
  • Guy
  • Learn

• I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing.

  

  Imogen Poots
  • Music
  • Love
  • New York

• I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

  

  Samantha Mumba
  • Time
  • Great
  • Ride

• My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • People
  • Music
  • American

• There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.

  

  Beck
  • Done
  • Change
  • Sea

• There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.

  

  Sam Trammell
  • People
  • Magic
  • Sea

• A woman doesn't care if she hasn't a stomach, provided she looks as if she hasn't.

  

  Flann O'Brien
  • She
  • Woman
  • Care

• The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Story
  • First
  • Old

• I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Think
  • Practical

• Fabo is a real rock star, but people look over it, so I'll try to bring it to the light if I can.

  

  Young Thug
  • People
  • Real
  • Light

• I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First Amendment grounds.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Country
  • Information

• People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • People
  • Mind
  • Changes

• The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.

  

  Yannick Noah
  • Important
  • Together
  • Want

• Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Success
  • Victory
  • Obstacles

• Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Fun
  • Math
  • Negative

• We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Purpose
  • Stress
  • Strength

• Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Life
  • Important
  • Mountain

• If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally.

  

  Arabella Weir
  • Hunting

• My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of those black American Express cards not available to general public. Gumball machines didn’t have slots for those.

  

  S. A. Bodeen
  • American
  • Black
  • Dad

• So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.

  

  Feist
  • Great
  • Fun
  • Simple

• I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

  

  Carroll O'Connor
  • Hate
  • Proud
  • Stupid

• I get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.

  

  Chris Lilley
  • Stupid