Patti Smith Quotes
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
Quotes to Explore
-
Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
-
We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
-
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
-
It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
-
I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
-
In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
-
You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
-
I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
-
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
-
The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
-
A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
-
By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
-
I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.
-
I don't want to hear about my death.
-
On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date.
-
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
-
McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
-
At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
-
I have a small vocabulary, which I move around fast.
-
I studied photography in high school, and straight away, I knew it was something I was interested in.
-
Every time I come to the States, I wish people would react to war like they react to tobacco, for example. Because war really kills in a second lots of people, thousands of people.
-
Every country has an aspect to it that rubs up people the wrong way.
-
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
