Taika Waititi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
-
I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
-
The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
-
People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
-
Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
-
I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
-
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
-
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
-
When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
-
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
-
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
-
If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
-
I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
-
If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
-
I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
-
People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
-
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
-
The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
-
Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.
-
Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?
-
A lot of people say video games can be stifling. Older people say, 'We had to go outside, and we had to make up stories!' For me, video games broadened my horizons. Playing 'Golden Axe,' I was those characters. I imagined myself being in that world, so honestly, it was a really good thing.
-
American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.
-
Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.
