Ryan Adams Quotes

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

Ryan Adams

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• A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Work
  • Done
  • Vision

• The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • World
  • Heart
  • Culture

• No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Good
  • Learning
  • Actor

• Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Identity
  • Changing
  • Vampire

• I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.

  

  Xavier Rudd
  • Age
  • Young
  • Vacuum

• Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Time
  • Popular
  • Forget

• In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • You
  • Just
  • Head

• I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Up
  • Game
  • Want

• I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Racism

• To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Love
  • Marriage
  • Right

• Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.

  

  Abdus Salam
  • Thought
  • Creation
  • Heritage

• In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Life
  • Good
  • Thing

• Numerous studies have shown that global warming can actually be beneficial to mankind.

  

  Jim Inhofe

• I think, when I was younger, I was cooking to impress. Sometimes the dish would have 15 things on the plate. That's cooking only for yourself. As you get more mature, you take all the superfluous things away, and you get the essential flavor. Now I cook for people, not for myself.

  

  Jean-Georges Vongerichten
  • People
  • Cooking

• I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Dad

• No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.

  

  Andre Breton
  • Life

• I have a dark room, and I still process film, but digital photography can be a totally lying kind of experience; you can move anything you want... the whole thing can't be trusted, really.

  

  Don McCullin
  • Experience
  • Dark
  • Photography

• It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

  

  Jil Sander
  • May
  • Hope
  • Design

• I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.

  

  David Attenborough
  • Job
  • Hope
  • Lost

• We have Italian marble fireplaces, pocket doors and banisters that have been removed. I asked them to give me enough architectural information on the interior of the house to be able to submit paperwork to be a part of the National Historical Landmark nomination.

  

  John Francis
  • House
  • Information
  • Doors

• When people dont know exactly what depression is, they can be judgmental.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Depression

• I look very foolish. To a lot of people I look foolish in what I'm doing and I understand that. The only thing that matters is how I feel and if I let how they feel affect me it'll change how I feel.

  

  Ricky Williams
  • People
  • Foolish

• Sometimes it's hard to tell if a joke is working or not for the first couple of minutes.

  

  Dave Attell
  • Couple

• I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

  

  Ryan Adams
  • People
  • Trying
  • Honest