Blake Farenthold Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
-
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
-
Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
-
At times, the curve/fat/plus convo tends be this 'out of the dark' story, like, 'I used to be insecure, but now here I am.' But that is not my reality, and for most of the people, that isn't their reality, either.
-
Solutions are complex, and I continue to worry that Trump didn't fully appreciate the complexity of what's going on. Consequently, I worry about whether he's going to make the problems a whole lot better... But I am a Republican, and we really should give the guy a chance to govern and hope he's successful.
-
When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
-
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
-
A human being is a deciding being.
-
Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.
-
Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
-
I have very specific advice for aspiring writers: go to New York. And if you can't go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people who share your dreams, and where you can talk, talk, talk about your interests.
-
There are times when I love the world and love everyone, and I want to talk to everyone, and other times when I feel really disillusioned, and like none of this is real, nothing is real around me.
-
Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
-
When I was coming out of college, storytelling was very much something you did with pencil and paper, so the technological platform versatility, I think, is really valuable.
-
I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
-
We really think highly of the executives at SBC. And Microsoft is one of the great companies of the 21st century. It is in all of our best interests to work together. In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself; you have to form alliances.
-
Zionist Israel's occupation of Arab Palestine has forced the Arab world to waste billions of precious dollars on armaments, making it impossible for these newly independent Arab nations to concentrate on strengthening the economies of their countries and elevate the living standard of their people.
-
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.
-
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.
-
One either has to believe in a God who's terribly prejudiced, or disbelieve the teachings of such exclusionary theologies. Religions have taught us that 'we are better than they.'
-
It's like apples and oranges, you can't compare it. It was just a matter of playing anyone who was breathing.
-
Modern romance novels tell a young woman that she can be successful, useful, and valuable on her own; that there are men who will respect her and treat her well; and that such men are worth waiting for.
-
I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.
