James Howard Kunstler Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
-
There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
-
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
-
I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
-
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
-
It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
-
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
-
Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
-
So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
-
I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
-
I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.
-
I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
-
The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
-
Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
-
I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
-
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
-
The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
-
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
-
You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
-
I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.
-
It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.
-
There are so many voices on YouTube, and there are incredible creators that are popular for a reason. And although it's great to be inspired by them, nobody is going to subscribe to a second-rate version of them. It's really important to put your best foot forward and be your best self because you will always be the number one version of you.
-
It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly hard!
-
Jesus … look how we live? I'm practically a serf.
