Bruce Cockburn Quotes
I want to raise every voiceAt least I got to tryEvery time I think about itWater rises to my eyesSituation desperateEchoes of the victims cryIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcher Some son of a bitch would die
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could be stood next to Thor, Iron Man, whoever. He is the one that everyone looks up to. To me, that is Superman, too. Even de-powered in the Legion arc, he was still Superman. Still Top Dog.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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People under-invest in family because it doesn't pay off until the long term.
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My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal in Europe, but we take commercial flights because our plane is not really equipped to make transatlantic flights.
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The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.
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I want to raise every voiceAt least I got to tryEvery time I think about itWater rises to my eyesSituation desperateEchoes of the victims cryIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcher Some son of a bitch would die
