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

• My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Dad
  • Only
  • Four

• I don't actually watch that much TV, but I was obsessed with 'Dawson's Creek' growing up. And 'Freaks and Geeks.' And '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.'

  

  Anya Taylor-Joy
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Simple

• I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

  

  Burt Bacharach
  • School

• You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons and screws and nails and bottle caps and jar lids – the drawer of jar lids! Why? Because they're made of metal and maybe there'll be another war and we'll need the metal. A friend of mine – I quote him in the book – says, 'You have found the source of the river eBay.'

  

  Roz Chast
  • Book
  • War
  • Father

• If I die, then I die. And if I don’t, then I don’t. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that’s what illness can do. I’m not going to worry about that, I’ll rest when I’m dead.

  

  Morrissey The Smiths
  • Good
  • Die
  • Rest

• 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