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 would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

  

  Dakota Goyo
  • Movie
  • Superhero
  • Martial Arts

• 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
  • Beauty
  • Enjoy

• 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

• When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Drink
  • Used
  • Managers

• There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Whacked a ball into the stands. Then smacked a soda can with my racket, and got soda all over the King of Sweden, who was sitting in the front row.

  

  John McEnroe
  • Great
  • King

• In my story you're the villain. But in my heart, you're still the reigning King.

  

  Coco J. Ginger
  • Heart
  • Story
  • King

• I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

  

  John Simm
  • Good
  • High
  • Alone

• I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.

  

  Brian J. White
  • Work
  • Family

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

  

  Homer
  • King
  • Destroyed
  • Soil