Larry Hagman Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
-
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
-
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
-
All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.
-
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
-
The fundamental problem is not that Trump has access to the nuclear launch codes, but that they exist at all.
-
Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
-
When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
-
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
-
As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
-
William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
-
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
-
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
-
My awkward stage extended well into high school.
-
The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
-
I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
-
A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
-
Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
-
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
-
Most of my life, I feel I have been Unicycling at the Edge of the Abyss! If fact, this will be the name of my book if I ever write one, or a one man stand up routine. I have used it as the name of a collection of my musical compositions written during the '90s. It fits the scary journey I feel I've been on.
-
What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.
-
I remember I was very taken with a book called DreamTigers by Jorge Luis Borges. He was at the University of Texas, Austin, and they collected some of his writings and put them in a little collection. It's called DreamTigers in English, but it doesn't exist in Spanish. It's a little sampler. But that collection in English is what struck me, because in there he has his poems, and I was a poet as well as a fiction writer.
-
Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.
-
I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
