Jonny Weston Quotes

I wanted to be a tough kid, so I thought, 'I'm going to move to New York, and I'm going to be a thug when I come out of there.'

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• The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Best
  • New
  • New York

• Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.

  

  Edith Sitwell
  • Water
  • Never
  • Baby

• I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Woman
  • Skyscraper

• The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • House
  • Three
  • Independence

• Thug: This is a stickup! Now come on. Your money or your life.

  

  Jack Benny
  • Life
  • Money
  • Thug

• Vladimir Putin is a thug and a killer who in the grand tradition of Russian autocracy has no intention ever of holding free elections.

  

  Victor Davis Hanson
  • Free
  • Thug

• Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

  

  Bruce Lee
  • Character
  • Power
  • Knowledge

• I have no problem with them imitating me. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to someone. For me it was James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Wilson, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • Up

• 'Why?' Dallben interrupted. 'In some cases,' he said, 'we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.'

  

  Lloyd Alexander
  • Why
  • Question
  • Learning

• The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches.

  

  Joe Bastianich
  • People
  • Work

• The two lines from 'Roots' that stick out to me are, 'You no more in Africa. You in America now,' and what I said after Kunta escaped: 'What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.'

  

  Louis Gossett, Jr.
  • America
  • Free

• Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.

  

  Liberty Hyde Bailey
  • World
  • Knowledge

• I related to 'A Clockwork Orange' in a personal way. I was a bit of a thug growing up. It's taken some reform for me. Thank God for artistry and creativity as an outlet.

  

  CeeLo Green
  • Up
  • God
  • Growing

• 'Sophie's Choice' is actually the reason I became an actress.

  

  Kathryn Morris

• I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

  

  Eric Dickerson
  • Parents
  • Proud

• I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.

  

  Douglas Coupland

• If you are black on television, you are probably going to be some kind of thug, gangster, or portrayed in a negative light. If you are some type of Muslim, you are going to be blowing stuff up. If you are Hispanic, you are going to be some type of gangbanger. I've felt like this for years.

  

  Charles Barkley
  • Up
  • Black
  • Light

• I'm black, so I should be able to play a 'thug?' No. Hello. Open your mind. I'm a person that believes in breaking barriers.

  

  Kylie Bunbury
  • Mind
  • Black
  • Thug

• Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues.

  

  Frankie Ballard
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.

  

  Ian Fleming
  • People
  • Together
  • Add

• She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. He closed his eyes at her touch, and hated himself for wishing that what she said was true: that Dumbledore had really cared.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • She
  • Book

• I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Movie
  • Crazy
  • Like

• There are times where I'm just open to receive songs. I sit down, and a jam will just come out, all at once. It's like, 'Song. Done.' I can't really explain it. This isn't the best way of putting it, but sometimes I feel like I'm a magnifying glass for vibes.

  

  Benji Hughes
  • Done
  • Song

• I wanted to be a tough kid, so I thought, 'I'm going to move to New York, and I'm going to be a thug when I come out of there.'

  

  Jonny Weston
  • Thug