Nigel Dennis (Nigel Forbes Dennis) Quotes
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
Quotes to Explore
-
There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
-
To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
-
The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
-
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
-
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
-
As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
-
Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
-
I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
-
A true champion can adapt to anything.
-
History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
-
We love our fans and are very connected with our fans.
-
You cannot mix sports with politics.
-
Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
-
They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing 'cause that's a way of understanding life.
-
It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
-
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
-
Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a character or two, a few lines of dialogue, framing, pacing, payoff - but we certainly don't think of them adding up over time to some larger portrait of our times.
-
I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death.
-
Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.
-
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
-
No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.
-
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
-
It took me a long time to get comfortable with the idea of being photographed by a moving or still camera.
-
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
