John Cleese Quotes
The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
-
I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
-
I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
-
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
-
Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
-
The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
-
You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
-
I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
-
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
-
To me, success is choice and opportunity.
-
Evil report carries further than any applause.
-
The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method may be capable of still further extension and improvement.
-
Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.
-
I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
-
If the Supreme Court rules that rent control is an unconstitutional taking of property, it would put all sorts of zoning rules in danger.
-
Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball. Magic is a guy who would stand for nothing but winning and really prepared himself as well as he prepared his team. Earvin is the complete opposite.
-
My greatest competition is, well, me.
-
Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.
-
I've been playing my instrument since I was about three or four. That's when I started banging around on the piano, trying to be like The Beatles.
-
I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.
-
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.
-
The foolish thing was trying to solve the problem all by myself. But the deeper I get tangled up in this mass of dreams and memories the more I realize that emotional problems can't be solved as intellectual problems are.
-
Well I'm running down the roadTryin' to loosen my load,I've got seven women on my mind,Four that wanna own me,Two that wanna stone me,One says she's a friend of mine.
-
The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
