Laird Hamilton Quotes

There needs to be a reason to go, so you go deeper into whatever place you're visiting to find those unforgettable experiences.

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• The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Reason
  • Stuff
  • Plan

• I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Think
  • Learn
  • Battle

• Muslims remain the most convenient target for prejudice in a city like Delhi, which is far more ghettoized than Bombay or Bangalore, for example.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • City
  • Example
  • Prejudice

• 'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

  

  Pat Benatar
  • Children
  • Heart
  • Fun

• There's not a blueprint for me to follow.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Me
  • Follow
  • Blueprint

• The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.

  

  Najib Razak
  • World
  • Alone
  • System

• What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Feeling
  • Never
  • Returning

• If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • You
  • Thankful
  • Thanksgiving

• In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.

  

  Valeria Mazza
  • Women
  • Wear
  • Some

• Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Imagination
  • Learn
  • See

• As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Attention
  • Focus
  • Actor

• By thinking through the grilling process while still in the kitchen, you can easily gather all of the items that you might need and conveniently carry them to the outdoors area.

  

  Barton Seaver
  • Thinking
  • Process
  • Kitchen

• I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Want
  • Years
  • Old

• My parents were big music fans, and my dad plays music, so I grew up with Madonna, Frank Zappa, the Beatles, Alice In Chains... it was all over the place. I had a Third Eye Blind record, but I also had Korn, Courtney Love, and Shania Twain.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Music
  • Parents
  • Place

• What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

  

  Earle Brown
  • People
  • Good
  • Lies

• We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Strong

• Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.

  

  M. John Harrison
  • World
  • Writing
  • Science

• I like to study failure, actually. My partner says, 'I want to know where I'll die so I'll never go there.' We want to see what has caused businesses to go bad. The biggest thing that kills them is complacency. ... The danger would always be that you rest on your laurels.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Bad
  • Die
  • Rest

• I've been doing stand-up for so long, I think 19 years, that I love topics I can also expand on. Once I identify a topic like, say, seafood, which is a big one right now, it's like there are different kinds of tangents I can go on to build a larger chunk.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Long

• Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up.

  

  Etty Hillesum
  • Suffer
  • Escape
  • Never Give Up

• Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.

  

  Mark Foley
  • People
  • American
  • Future

• I didn't think it was cool for me to walk around with a huge Kygo logo on myself.

  

  Kygo
  • Cool

• There needs to be a reason to go, so you go deeper into whatever place you're visiting to find those unforgettable experiences.

  

  Laird Hamilton