John Quincy Adams Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.
-
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
-
Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
-
I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.
-
I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
-
Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
-
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
-
I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
-
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
-
We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
-
'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
-
We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the ambiguities of trying to reach truth by mixing fact with invention.
-
Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
-
I come from a pretty strange family.
-
Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.
-
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
-
If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
-
Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.
-
I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
-
I probably took more than anybody could survive. … I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll. I have one speed, I have one gear, GO!. … I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man. … Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs.
-
If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster.
-
When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few... if you are lucky.
-
It's always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth - every day I have ever had - was secretly sunny, after all.
-
This is the last of Earth! I am content.
