Dickey Betts Quotes

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

Dickey Betts

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• I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.

  

  Frances Fisher
  • Doing
  • Start
  • Television

• The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Lie
  • Measure
  • Tape

• Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • Best
  • Many
  • Venture

• The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

  

  Iman
  • You
  • Day
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• Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

  

  Naoto Kan
  • Power
  • Man
  • Technology

• Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Water
  • Growth
  • Key

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Me

• My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.

  

  Gale Gordon
  • Kind
  • Voice
  • Born

• When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Interesting
  • Reading
  • Language

• It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.

  

  Nas
  • Music
  • Artist
  • Street

• If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • May
  • Style
  • Failure

• Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Writing
  • Like
  • Road

• Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

  

  Karl Shapiro
  • Speak
  • Name
  • Grass

• When you're rich you don't write checks.

  

  Randy Moss
  • You
  • Write
  • Rich

• Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Help
  • Economy
  • Gratitude

• Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.

  

  Nancy Werlin
  • Age
  • Past
  • Teenager

• The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Creativity
  • Just
  • Motherhood

• Never put a sock in a toaster.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Funny
  • Never
  • Sock

• Being a typical Briton, I love my home comforts and always try and find an English pub where I can tuck into some traditional English food, accompanied by a nice pint. Fortunately, I haven't been ill with food poisoning or anything like that, which is quite surprising considering how many different types of food I eat when I'm travelling.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Food
  • Traditional
  • Surprising

• Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • People
  • Need
  • Euthanasia

• It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Real
  • Beautiful

• When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.

  

  Kelsea Ballerini
  • Time
  • Music
  • Writing

• I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Music
  • Long
  • Electricity

• I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

  

  Dickey Betts
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Really