Phil Robertson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
-
I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
-
I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
-
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
-
Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
-
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
-
I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
-
I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
-
We all have our strengths and our failings.
-
My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
-
When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
-
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
-
Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
-
My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
-
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
-
A good leader must be fair.
-
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
-
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
-
I've always modeled myself after Ginger.
-
I'm not a 'messiah' coming to change Washington. I don't come with a political background, so I think it's part of my responsibility to raise my hand and say 'Why?' Folks don't just want smaller government; they want an efficient small government.
-
I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.
-
We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.
-
If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it.
-
I'm not going to run for political office.
