Philip Treacy Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
-
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
-
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
-
Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
-
I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
-
Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
-
Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
-
I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
-
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
-
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
-
Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.
-
You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
-
I didn't want to do something typical.
-
I will openly admit that I've never really followed hockey. Given my New England upbringing, I have always adhered to the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins mantra of professional sports fandom, but hockey was definitely the lowest sport on the totem pole - even when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.
-
The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.
-
I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.
-
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
-
When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
-
All men are intellectuals: but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals.
-
But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
-
I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.
-
There were very strict social conventions, and you adhered to it, and I think it gave you a lot of character. When a man said something, he meant it. He wasn't kidding around. There were no jokes involved. Nobody was in the mood to joke unless you hit a guy with a baseball bat.
-
For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
-
America brought us the baseball cap; it's one of my favorite hats.
