Bruce Cockburn Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
-
When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
-
We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.
-
You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.
-
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
-
Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.
-
If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
-
The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
-
I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
-
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
-
Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
-
Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.
-
I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
-
I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.
-
When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.
-
Shopping for hijabs has always been fun for me. I was so excited to begin wearing a headscarf. I had always looked up to my mother as she wore hers, and I was eager to emulate her beauty and the wonderful things she represented.
-
I wanted to show my maturity. The criticism I got made me grow up. It motivated me.
-
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find 'Chocolate Drops from the South' by my grandfather.
-
That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.
-
Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.
-
If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.
-
I don't have all answers, but as far as viewing my body... I'm in a place where I can look at my stretch marks and say, 'Oh, hey, stretch marks!' and I'm over it.
-
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by?
