John Darnielle Quotes

I think there are some writers - like, if you read Kerouac, I think you probably need to take a little break before you sit down to the typewriter because he's the type of writer whose voice infects you.

John Darnielle

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• I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Sense
  • Living
  • Lucky

• Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Life
  • Like
  • Anger

• I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • People
  • Sorry
  • Talk

• It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

  

  Hank Aaron
  • Years
  • Baseball
  • Get

• The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Food
  • Best
  • Diet

• The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Good
  • Great
  • Team

• Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Comedy
  • Childhood
  • Influence

• 'Six Feet Under' was so much about life. Sure, it had a lot to do with death, but that's the fun - that now I became a dead person.

  

  Frances Conroy
  • Life
  • Fun
  • Death

• I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like.

  

  Pat Bowlen
  • Good
  • Great
  • Year

• I could have coached better.

  

  Dan Devine
  • Better
  • Could
  • Coached

• I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Trying
  • Guy
  • Celebrity

• If I had the day off and knew everyone else was voting, I wouldn't miss it. It would become a routine part of my responsibility as a citizen - like paying taxes, only less soul crushing.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Soul
  • Day
  • Responsibility

• Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

  

  Barry Mann
  • Successful
  • Ability
  • Most

• For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Trying
  • Friends
  • House

• My own agenda is going to be followed, and that agenda is to maintain very good relations with the international community, and Lebanon has to fulfill its commitments.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • Good
  • Community
  • Own

• I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Children
  • Family
  • Outside

• After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Good
  • Failure
  • Goal

• When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • You
  • Amazing
  • Human

• When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to make me the marketing director for a cola company. I’ll be in charge of trying to sell a product that no one needs, is identical to its competition, and can’t be sold on its merits. I’d be competing head-on in the cola wars, on price, distribution, advertising, and promotion, which would indeed be hell for me. Remember, I’m the kid who couldn’t play competitive games. I’d much rather design and sell products so good and unique that they have no competition.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Remember

• It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Thinking
  • Heaven
  • Foolish

• Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Job
  • Amazing
  • Fight

• I'm into emulation, not imitation.

  

  Evan Ingersoll

• We love things we love what they are.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Love
  • Things

• I think there are some writers - like, if you read Kerouac, I think you probably need to take a little break before you sit down to the typewriter because he's the type of writer whose voice infects you.

  

  John Darnielle