Douglas Brinkley Quotes
Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.
Quotes to Explore
-
When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
-
I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
-
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
-
I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
-
Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
-
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
-
Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
-
We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
-
The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.
-
I hate negative ads in general.
-
All of his saves have come in relief appearances.
-
I like the work that I get to do.
-
I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
-
I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent. I looked at them and thought, 'They play human beings as they really are.'
-
Strong families are vital to strong societies.
-
You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.
-
If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.
-
Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
-
If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.
-
The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.
-
Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.
-
One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
-
I hated high school. Ugh. I couldn't wait until it was over so I could sleep in. In college, I made sure all my classes were in the afternoon. I hated getting up in the morning.
-
Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.
