Bill Engvall Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
-
Everybody thinks they deserve something.
-
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
-
I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
-
I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
-
Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
-
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
-
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
-
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
-
I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
-
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
-
Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks.
-
Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
-
I love to do a messy top knot because it's so easy but looks like it could have taken a bit of effort!
-
I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
-
I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.
-
Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.
-
America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.
-
I have to say that one person I learned from the most as an actor in my life is Emmy Rossum. She is so insanely talented in the sense that when watching her work, it just turns into watching her speak - it's no longer acting; that's how good she is! She just becomes the person.
-
As much as we complain about it, though, there's part of us that is drawn to a hurried life. It makes us feel important. It keeps the adrenaline pumping. It means I don't have to look too closely at my heart or life. It keeps us from feeling our loneliness.
-
I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.
-
I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.
-
Tuesday nights are sushi nights, so we go out then.
-
In syndication, the biggest buyers are car dealerships.
