Billy Childish Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
-
People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
-
Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.
-
I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
-
We don't have access to a national forum that we had in those days, through the news magazines which were the television news of the time. It's very disturbing to me that we've sort of been pushed to the corners.
-
I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
-
Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
-
Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.
-
I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!
-
I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
-
I like the Dodgers because my dad does - wait, no, not the Dodgers. Strike me down! The Yankees. I like the Yankees.
-
I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.
-
My dad brought 'Clerks' to Sundance 22 years ago, and that's when his career started.
-
I have no literary fears.
-
The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
-
I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen.
-
I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.
-
In Australia, there is a very famous show called 'Home and Away.' I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my life changed.
-
Head coaching options are limited.
-
Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.
-
The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.
-
Science-fiction cities in general, I think, are so hard to get right, because it's so easy to just play some cheesy music or do something that takes you right out of it, but 'Blade Runner' got it right, and I love that about the film.
-
I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.
-
It has become an ongoing national joke.
