Donald Barthelme Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.
-
I think if you're constantly reinvesting into your content and giving the fans stuff, then you can continue to tour. You can continue to sell the merch and monetize the popularity of the brand.
-
I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.
-
Our work for human dignity is often lonely, and almost always an uphill climb. At times, our efforts are misunderstood, and we are mistaken for the enemy. There has been a clear erosion of respect for U.N. blue and our impartiality.
-
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
-
I'm always independent. No boss.
-
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
-
When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
-
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.
-
The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud.
-
The artists that we grew up listening to was also independent like Master P, like Birdman and Lil Wayne. Those are the people that we wanted to model ourselves after. Throwing on the Cartier frames, the army-style fatigue jackets.
-
I liked the America of Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton - it was all a dream, of course, but a very alluring dream for a young man from Canton.
-
He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning.
-
Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.
-
Politics is not about money.
-
It's the job of any business owner to be clear about the company's nonnegotiable core values. They're the riverbanks that help guide us as we refine and improve on performance and excellence. A lack of riverbanks creates estuaries and cloudy waters that are confusing to navigate. I want a crystal-clear, swiftly flowing stream.
-
I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.
-
The idea for any film is always going to be surprising or unusual.
-
The Light Queen’s voice stilled the turbulent waves of my soul, singing calm and grace to every fiber of my being. Neamh. Ah, there, I was pissed off again
-
I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.
-
Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.
-
I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall.
-
There have been people I've warmed to over the years but, as the situation I'm in is so fleeting and transient, I've always known it's going to be over kind of real quick.
-
picket sign COGITO ERGO NOTHING!....casual passerby: 'Cogito ergo your ass'....
