Jeff Bridges Quotes

I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

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• I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Drink
  • Alcohol
  • Weak

• I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Think
  • You
  • Outsider

• The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Future
  • Risk
  • Holocaust

• This shared love of cooking and celebration has allowed me to create a strong bond with my family.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Family
  • Love
  • Strong

• When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Long
  • Mother
  • Black

• I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Think
  • Want
  • Remembered

• They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • Mother
  • Mom
  • Wife

• I love dancing just because I've done it my whole life and it's definitely what I want to do. I feel like, I want to train with acting and do movies. Those two are my main priorities. I definitely want to be able to sing and model, too. I definitely love those, too.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Life
  • Love
  • Done

• The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.

  

  Ian Doescher
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Done

• People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • People
  • Know
  • Rock

• Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Heart
  • Best
  • Trust

• I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

  

  A. J. Jacobs
  • Better
  • Name
  • Dignity

• I had plenty of vices growing up.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Day
  • Suffering

• I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about doing it. Obviously, I can't do it myself, but there are a lot of people interested in that.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Real
  • Myself

• I am a boring loner. I enjoy Friday nights at home in my rocking chair with no arms, rocking and relaxing. It's not uncommon for Netflix to be involved. Records are a possibility, but most of it is spent in silence.

  

  Valerie June
  • Records
  • Loner
  • Relaxing

• I have a list in my mind and in my heart of actors who have been extraordinarily kind, and Hugh Laurie is near the top.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Kind

• While technology and assessment can help complement the important work of our teachers, I worry that we are spending too much of our time testing.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Time
  • Work
  • Important

• A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

  

  Milton Berle
  • Group
  • Loses
  • Committee

• I would never be into splitting up. I don't think we should ever break up, I really don't. I think we should allow each person to do things individually - go off and have a baby, lie on the beach, whatever - but still remain Girls Aloud.

  

  Nadine Coyle
  • Up
  • Baby
  • Beach

• If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Man
  • Alone

• When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.

  

  Jane Lynch
  • People

• The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

  

  Kabir
  • Knowledge

• I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

  

  Jeff Bridges