Yoko Ono Quotes
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
Quotes to Explore
-
We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
-
I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
-
In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
-
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
-
With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
-
After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
-
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
-
You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
-
I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
-
The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
-
I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
-
There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?
-
Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
-
By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
-
I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
-
If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
-
I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
-
I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
-
Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
-
I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my career], because so many things are on the road. I just don't want to be away from my husband, my dogs and my home. I don't sing that much any more because that also takes you on the road.
-
I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
-
A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
-
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
