Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
A birth is a death. Everything you treasure, and believe in, and love, and relate to is destroyed for you when you leave the womb. And you are launched into another modality, a modality that perhaps you would not have chosen but that you cannot do anything about.
Quotes to Explore
-
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
-
The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.
-
If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
-
I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.
-
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
-
One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure.
-
Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.
-
I love crop tops and love the way Taylor Swift teams them. Her style is relaxed; I can relate to it.
-
I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.
-
The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more.
-
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
-
Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
-
People follow me because I am just a normal person, and they can relate to me.
-
It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
-
We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the love of our pure, unselfish hearts.
-
My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
-
You just never know if people out there will relate to things when you write them; it matters to you, and to some people it doesn't. Some people are 'I'm not in the mood for that; thanks.'
-
There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.
-
I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.
-
I grew up like every young kid I know, who wants to be a cop and wants to be a firefighter, so this lifestyle that I've chosen happens to offer that in small doses in front of the camera. I want to take advantage of that. Hopefully I can play many, many different occupations.
-
Have a determination that is strong enough to move walls.
-
If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.
-
A birth is a death. Everything you treasure, and believe in, and love, and relate to is destroyed for you when you leave the womb. And you are launched into another modality, a modality that perhaps you would not have chosen but that you cannot do anything about.
