Scott Speedman Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
-
My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
-
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
-
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
-
I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
-
Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
-
The emotions of the game do not change.
-
Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
-
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
-
Life is not easy in politics.
-
I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
-
Netflix is something I watch.
-
The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
-
Imagine: in the medieval ages, there was no evidence of how the history of mankind has been affected by witchcraft. But there is significant factual history of how brutality and sadism of mankind have been displayed in the most obscene manner in the name of witch-hunt.
-
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.
-
We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.
-
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
-
Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.
-
If you can't explain what you are doing to a nine-year-old, then either you still don't understand it very well, or it's not all that worthwile in the first place.
-
Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
-
You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.
-
It's important to see color. We are not the same. We have very different experiences.
-
I believe humanity is a pretty interesting lot, and they're all really busy doing and thinking interesting things.
-
I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a strange place.
