Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
-
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
-
I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
-
When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
-
Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
-
Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
-
I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
-
As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.
-
I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.
-
I am extremely lucky, and I enjoy the level of work that I am able to work at.
-
With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one’s logic and intellectual calculating powers are replaced with dopey feel-good, fantasy-driven denial, the democratic party serves them well.
-
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
-
To the extent residency preferences prevent families and senior citizens from purchasing homes because of race, ethnicity or color, the preferences violate federal law and cannot be tolerated.
-
People think that I have some idea about how I choose my films. I make sure that I am doing the kind of films that I want to watch. You hear so many stories, and one of them will stand out and connect to you somewhere.
-
I have no dream. I shall no longer speak of Madrid. They don't want me. This is not a problem. I move forward; I am well in Dortmund.
-
I think the world is run by 'C' students.
-
Until his dying days, Steve Jobs could not only predict the direction the marketplace would be heading, but help drive it there.
-
This is fun. This is entertainment, right guys?
-
You have a schedule that you really have to stick to with TV and make sure that you are producing enough film for the network to edit through and air quickly.
-
I used to game a lot, you know, back in the day. My gaming time done got so short that my skills ain't where they need to be to be online, you know what I'm saying? I just got that Xbox One. I gotta get my skills back, up the par to call myself a gamer.
-
I'm not really Type A, but A minus.
-
I don't fetishize objects.
-
People have to realize that not having an Ex-Im Bank has a direct impact on U.S. jobs. Not only that, it has a direct impact on long-term competitiveness in a global world.
-
The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been.
