Bill Vaughan Quotes

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Bill Vaughan

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• I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

  

  Radha Mitchell
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Mind
  • Enemy
  • Stupid

• I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Like
  • Hip Hop

• You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • World
  • High
  • Alone

• I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
  • Husband
  • Voice
  • Turns

• I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Mom
  • Proud
  • Person

• I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • World
  • Reading
  • Thought

• I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.

  

  Walter Murch
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Music
  • Soul
  • Blues

• When young women get called bossy, it's often because they're trying to exercise power without status. It's not a problem that they're being dominant; the backlash arises because they're overstepping their status.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Power

• My album is very uplifting and positive and fun. That was my mission - to get people up on their feet and escape the seriousness of life.

  

  Fleur East
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• My whole thing is feel free to hate me – I so don't care if you hate me, but meet me, and listen to my record, and know me before you hate me.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Free
  • Hate
  • Me

• You don't not want to beat somebody because you're friends with them.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Friends
  • Want
  • You

• Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Up
  • You
  • See

• Apple is all-in on Apple hardware and still wants you to be all-in, too.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • You
  • Wants
  • Apple

• We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.

  

  Ian Gomez
  • Good
  • City
  • Partner

• I get pretty grumpy about TV.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Pretty
  • TV
  • Grumpy

• What happened at the prison, it is now clear, was not the result of random acts by 'a few bad apples,' it was the natural consequence of the Bush Administration policy that has dismantled those wise constraints and has made war on America's checks and balances.

  

  Al Gore
  • America
  • War
  • Bad

• Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.

  

  David Deida
  • Men
  • Women
  • Money

• Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords?

  

  John Clayton
  • Real
  • History
  • Faith

• Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach me how to be Irish and Indian. But they're not here and haven't been for years, so I'm not really Irish or Indian. I am a blank sky, a human solar eclipse.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • World
  • Parent
  • Teach

• Adults are obsolete children.

  

  Dr. Seuss
  • Children

• The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

  

  Bill Vaughan