Gregg Allman Quotes

I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised - by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the 'New York Times' bestseller list? I'll take that any day, my man!

Gregg Allman

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• Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Live
  • Man
  • Science

• I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.

  

  Patrick Warburton
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Thought

• I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial and not dear to my heart. After I lived in the Midwest, and I learned what sincere, real people were all about, I never wanted to go back.

  

  Karolyn Grimes
  • People
  • Real
  • Heart

• I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

  

  Ian K. Smith
  • Think
  • Happiness
  • Pleasure

• You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • Book
  • Kind
  • Imagination

• Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Power
  • Me
  • Movement

• It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.

  

  Zane Grey
  • New
  • Year
  • Decent

• If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Life
  • American
  • Words

• In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Real
  • Hurt

• I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Up
  • Time
  • Hate

• There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Up
  • World
  • Change

• You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

  

  Arthur Daniel Miller
  • Believe
  • Real
  • Together

• Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Stage
  • Loves
  • Pretend

• Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • World
  • Morning
  • Best

• That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.

  

  Dana Spiotta
  • Life
  • Music
  • Friends

• I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.

  

  Ice Cube
  • People
  • Great
  • Challenge

• The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Question
  • Rights
  • Civil Rights

• Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the director's eyes, you 'get it right' does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Real
  • Fun
  • Freedom

• Remembering who I am is a really active task for me. And I often have to tell myself, 'You're a graduate student,' 'You're a daughter,' et cetera, in situations where I'm supposed to behave like one.

  

  Alexandra Kleeman
  • Daughter

• Uncle Richard went to the café where he had been going for twenty years. It now had a Jewish side and an Aryan side, and he sat on the Jewish side. Because he had fair hair and didn’t look Jewish, a waiter, who did not know him, said he had to move to the Aryan side. But on the Aryan side, a waiter who did know him said that he had to go back to the Jewish side. He finally gave up and went home.

  

  Edith Hahn Beer
  • Home
  • Move
  • Jewish

• A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Kiss

• It's funny - when you look at the real A-listers nowadays, look at how many live in and around Hollywood. Most of them live on a ranch in Utah. It's no coincidence these guys get in and get out.

  

  Darren Boyd
  • Live
  • Real
  • Funny

• I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised - by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the 'New York Times' bestseller list? I'll take that any day, my man!

  

  Gregg Allman