Pete Seeger Quotes
I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known.
Quotes to Explore
-
My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
-
We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
-
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
-
Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
-
My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
-
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
-
I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
-
Be who you are and be that well.
-
What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
-
To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
-
If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
-
War is over if you want it.
-
What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
-
The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
-
Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
-
All of my main characters have been under 30.
-
As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
-
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
-
I'm not crazy about oysters and offal and brains and stuff like that. It's vegetables that I really like. I worked in the River Cafe restaurant when it first opened, and I used to eat the leftover vegetables on the plates. They were so delicious.
-
Let's make Jeb Bush explain his plan to give millionaires another massive tax cut.
-
It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's our job to try to figure out which of those clues are true, which of clues we decide to follow and which of those clues we think are red herrings, or only in the way another character thinks of that character.
-
During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
-
I think we're in a time when people are much more interested in a show than where you find it.
-
I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known.
