Steven Van Zandt Quotes

Reach for greatness, nothing less. And make sure you have some fun along the way.

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• With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

  

  Ice Cube
  • People
  • Different
  • Team

• I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Great
  • Today
  • Learning

• A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

  

  Xenophon
  • Long
  • Beauty
  • Horse

• Genius always finds itself a century too early.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Genius
  • Intelligence
  • Early

• I came out of what we romance writers call The Romance Ghetto, because we get so little respect.

  

  Karen Robards
  • Respect
  • Romance
  • Ghetto

• For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Work
  • Waiting
  • Painting

• I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldn't say I have a major sweet tooth.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Sweet
  • Now And Then
  • Sweets

• The 'Fake News Alert' Chrome extension, created by 'New York Magazine' journalist Brian Feldman, identifies hoax news articles. However, cutting out fake news source entirely from operating is easier said than done, since anyone with internet access can create fake news.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Done
  • Cutting
  • Internet

• When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Up
  • Game
  • You

• I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Good
  • Comedy

• The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Mind
  • Progress
  • Human

• A lot of people don't know how to talk on the phone anymore.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • People
  • Know
  • Phone

• On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother was an immigrant from Germany whose visa had expired and, for a year and change, was undocumented here in the U.S.

  

  Alexis Ohanian
  • Mother
  • Father

• It's sad that because I have one friend who is in the public eye, just being seen out together once means we're romantically involved. But I don't take it seriously, and it doesn't really affect me much.

  

  Dylan Penn
  • Together
  • Friend
  • Sad

• Jennifer Aniston is one of the most down-to-earth, low-key people I know.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • People
  • Earth

• People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.

  

  Dawn Steel
  • People

• Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.

  

  Dorothy Day
  • Soul
  • Food

• You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

  

  Claire Tomalin
  • People
  • Understanding

• The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

  

  Martin Scorsese
  • Music

• That's death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your hearts, alert your senses, and pay attention. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice all the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. Qualcuno ti ama. Somebody loves you.

  

  Ben Sherwood
  • Life
  • Death
  • Reaching

• I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

  

  Donald Miller
  • Heart
  • True
  • Jesus

• I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere.

  

  David James Elliott
  • Up
  • War

• There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.

  

  Matthew Rhys
  • Unique

• Reach for greatness, nothing less. And make sure you have some fun along the way.

  

  Steven Van Zandt
  • Fun
  • Way
  • Greatness