Vanessa Paradis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
-
I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
-
I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
-
Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
-
I just want to do my job.
-
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
-
I am not in the business of suppressing books.
-
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
-
I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
-
If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
-
There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
-
My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
-
'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
-
I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
-
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
-
I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
-
I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
-
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.
-
Never relinquish the initiative.
-
I don't know if anyone knows if they're ever any good, but I went to drama school in Scotland, in a classical acting course, and my first year, I remember one of my tutors telling me that I couldn't act, and I should give up and all this sort of thing, and then, they cast me as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'
-
A lot of web companies will take a short-term approach and sell to an incumbent and don't end up living up to their full potential.
-
I did Bill Cosby's 'Noah.' Just took the routine from him, word for word, and didn't even think it was stealing. Years later my friends started calling me up saying, 'There's this guy, Bill Cosby, who's doing your stuff!'
-
Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
