Jeffrey Thomas Quotes

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.

Jeffrey Thomas

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• To be able to sit back and enjoy the game, sit back and watch guys that you know played and you might have worked with it or you personally know, it's cool; it's awesome to sit back and say I know that guy because you're more of a fan of that game and that person.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Guy
  • Game
  • Cool

• When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Music
  • Stage
  • Ego

• A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Work
  • May
  • Success

• I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.

  

  Nancy Allen
  • Music
  • School
  • Career

• Africa has no future.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Future
  • Africa

• When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.

  

  Warren Littlefield
  • Life
  • Black
  • Black-and-white

• There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Job
  • Future
  • Free

• Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Music
  • May
  • Kids

• My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • Music
  • Character
  • Film

• I like music a lot.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Music
  • Like
  • Lot

• The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Music
  • Business
  • True

• I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Music
  • Friends
  • Movie

• I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Never
  • Educated

• I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Music
  • Think
  • Made

• The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Future
  • Today
  • Prepare

• Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Music
  • Guy
  • Me

• The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.

  

  G. Stanley Hall
  • May
  • Future
  • Man

• I'm really at ease in being me and going all around the world playing music. But I do get a lift once we start. I'm humming stuff in the dressing room and smiling, looking at myself and making sure I don't have nose hair! But once I get really close to the stage, and the guys are doing the intro thing, I do get a pick-me-up.

  

  Maceo Parker
  • Up
  • World
  • Music

• You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Good
  • Music
  • Why

• Certainly some hosts on Airbnb are opening up their spare bedrooms to meet new people; and some drivers use Uber to carpool with strangers for the companionship. But the most productive members of each community are professional operators, making available their homes or cars as a way to earn or supplement a living.

  

  Brad Stone
  • People
  • Up
  • Community

• You need a pulse in a film. If I see a film that doesn't have rhythm, it's like listening to music that doesn't have rhythm; it doesn't really work.

  

  Joe Wright
  • Work
  • Music
  • Listening

• Some make you sing and some make you scream. One makes you wish that you'd never been seen. But there's a shop on the corner that's selling papier mache, making bullet-proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay. If you want it, boys, get it here, thing.

  

  David Bowie
  • Wish
  • Boys
  • Selling

• As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Me
  • Politics
  • Veterans

• I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.

  

  Jeffrey Thomas
  • Music
  • Future
  • Inspiration