Jim Henson Quotes

I'm sure Kermit will stay young a lot longer than I will.

Jim Henson

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• Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.

  

  Ma Ying-jeou
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Understanding

• People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • People
  • Love
  • Hate

• When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a lot that I want to say within the production. The vocal is just adding to it, rather than it being a song.

  

  Sampha
  • Want
  • Song
  • Sometimes

• Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Welfare
  • Liberal
  • Signing

• Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.

  

  Samantha Smith
  • Good
  • Hope
  • Peace

• It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Crazy
  • Artist
  • Successful

• If you're going to sing on stage, wear lip stain.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Stage
  • Going

• The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • American
  • Distinctions
  • New Yorkers

• I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Kids
  • Myself
  • Like

• Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Regardless
  • Legislation

• Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • People
  • Mind
  • Meditation

• A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.

  

  Odeya Rush
  • People
  • Good
  • Writing

• My mother was a cleaning lady all her life.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Life
  • Mother
  • Cleaning

• What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Cinema
  • Curious

• None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • People
  • Live
  • Family

• No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Always
  • Person
  • Matter

• We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe.

  

  Ibrahim Rugova
  • Situation
  • Europe
  • Currency

• Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Women
  • Day
  • Mountains

• I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.

  

  D'Angelo
  • Time
  • Mean
  • First

• You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.

  

  Flannery O'Connor
  • Mission
  • Madness
  • Quit

• I don't feel too excited about fashion today People just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else

  

  Rei Kawakubo
  • People
  • Happy
  • Clothes

• The Earth is blue... how wonderful. It is amazing

  

  Yuri Gagarin
  • War
  • Earth
  • Cold

• I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think it's interesting that there's this gaping hole in the repertoire in the American theater, which is Shakespeare. It's hardly ever done, compared to how often it's done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company - I said, "You never do Shakespeare." And he said, "Yes, we're not very good at it." And I thought, "What a terrible thing to say.".

  

  Alan Cumming
  • Good
  • Done
  • American

• I'm sure Kermit will stay young a lot longer than I will.

  

  Jim Henson