Brendan Gleeson Quotes
I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
-
I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
-
The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
-
I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
-
In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
-
I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
-
There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
-
I've already got notebooks full of ideas for new music, so I'm gonna kind of nurture that just like I do all of my ideas and perfect it until it's ready and then I'll just let it go.
-
I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
-
I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
-
A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
-
In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
-
'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
-
If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
-
I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
-
Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
-
Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
-
Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
-
I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.
-
'We believe in Allah, we take the Koran as a sacred book. In our land we broke the power of infidel Rum, in his own land we struck down her Sultan whom men called the Pope, in Malta we slew the Knights, sworn enemies of Islam. Inform your people that we are sent by Allah to geld the evil Turk and raise high the people of the Nile.'
-
I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.
