Everett McGill Quotes
I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.
Quotes to Explore
-
My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.
-
Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
-
Life is a school of probability.
-
It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
-
While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
-
We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
-
I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
-
I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.
-
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
-
I love doing girly stuff with my mum or with Sophia. I took Sophia and a couple of her friends to the Hello Kitty spa. They had chocolate facials and Hello Kitty mani-pedis. I put it on my Twitter and got lots of abuse for it, but I think it's just a nice girly thing.
-
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
-
I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
-
I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.
-
I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
-
I hardly ever go to the movies.
-
I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.
-
I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
-
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
-
In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
-
Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.
-
My philosophy on snow skiing is that there are less expensive ways to fall down a mountain. Yet every couple of years, I go on a ski trip for the same reason that women will have multiple children - they simply forget how much it hurts.
-
The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events.
-
I couldn't stand the thought of not succeeding; failure was more than I could deal with.
