Homer Quotes

I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.

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• What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Movie
  • Interesting
  • Ended

• I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

  

  Otis Rush
  • Play
  • Guitar
  • Sit

• It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Time
  • Men
  • Power

• Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • People
  • Food
  • Consequences

• I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Different
  • Real
  • Feeling

• I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Work
  • Women
  • Strong

• It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Defend
  • Self-Interest

• I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Think
  • Best
  • Depression

• I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

  

  Earl King
  • Jump
  • Head
  • Gymnastics

• There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Nature
  • Think
  • You

• We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Time
  • War
  • Past

• Sci-fi fans are awesome. They're very smart, they like to be involved, they like to ask questions. I've been asked questions I don't even know the answer to. I've never had any aggressive interactions. I've had lovely interactions.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Smart
  • Awesome
  • Questions

• When I did 'Frankenstein,' the record company said, 'Now you can do 'Dracula' and 'Wolf Man' and we'll call the whole thing Monster Rock!' and I said, 'No, that's not going to happen, I'm not going to do that.' I kind of enjoy defying categorization. I love music in and of itself. I love the beauty of harmony and rhythm.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • Music
  • Enjoy
  • Beauty

• For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement's voice.

  

  Adam Braun
  • Small
  • Action
  • Leadership

• I have noticed that my likes and dislikes do not create any great excitement. And how people try to get away when I attempt to talk!

  

  E. W. Howe
  • People
  • Great

• 'She obeys me, but only because she wants to.''It’s the only justification for obedience,' Ged observed.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • She

• My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Time
  • Advice

• They call me a renegade.The epithet is inaccurate and undeserved. I cannot be faithless to a cause which I never have endorsed. Indeed, I am absolutely faithful to the only cause I espouse, which is my own welfare. I take pride in this unswerving loyalty!

  

  Jack Vance
  • Pride
  • Loyalty

• Growing up, I was surrounded by music by the Stones, Carole King, and the Beach Boys. I didn't know who Michael Jackson was till I was about 13.

  

  Ophelia Lovibond
  • Up
  • Music
  • Growing

• 'My God, but I command King Ferdinand's guard and-' 'And King Ferdinand, sir, is a prisoner! Which does not speak, sir, for the efficacy of his guard.'

  

  Bernard Cornwell
  • God
  • King

• What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.

  

  Fiona McIntosh
  • Life
  • Important
  • Interesting

• For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • Work
  • Done
  • Forest

• What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Kind
  • Deserve
  • Recognition

• I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.

  

  Homer
  • King
  • Destroyed
  • Soil