Brian McKnight Quotes

I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen; I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

Brian McKnight

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• Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.

  

  Ram Dass
  • Reality
  • Never
  • Plans

• My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Woman
  • Body
  • Philosophy

• We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • Thinking
  • Money
  • Moon

• I had written my master's thesis on Ezra Pound on 'The Cantos.' And don't ask me about it. I don't remember anything about it.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Remember
  • Me
  • Master

• I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Myself
  • Yourself
  • Shine

• All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

  

  Ralph Bakshi
  • Great
  • Today
  • Old

• I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Me
  • Test
  • Told

• O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Book
  • Day
  • Either

• We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Music
  • Simple
  • Musicians

• I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Music
  • Single
  • Child

• I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Hope
  • House
  • Die

• I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Reality
  • My Life

• I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

  

  Florence King
  • Home
  • Rather
  • My Own

• It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Up
  • Different
  • Morning

• I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.

  

  Larry King
  • Mind
  • Home
  • Service

• I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Think
  • Insecurity
  • Flaw

• I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Reading
  • Enjoy
  • Behind

• My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Book
  • Mother
  • Guy

• I have normal friends. I sit at my house, and they practically live with me, and I watch them get ready to go to a high school party, hang out with their friends, go to concerts.

  

  Kylie Jenner
  • Live
  • School
  • Friends

• Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Difference

• My suggestion is that there's no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There's no way out. They're a misery, all of them.

  

  James Hillman
  • Children
  • Death
  • Parents

• The NAACP believes the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party believes the NAACP is racist.

  

  Jim Webb
  • Party
  • Tea

• When you're young, everything seems like a romance. At 96, I can still feel romantic about publishing young unknown writers.

  

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  • Romantic
  • Young
  • Unknown

• I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen; I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

  

  Brian McKnight
  • Romantic