Mae West Quotes
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
Quotes to Explore
-
I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
-
I believed I was invincible.
-
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
-
I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
-
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
-
It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
-
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
-
I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.
-
We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
-
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
-
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
-
Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
-
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
-
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
-
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
-
I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
-
Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
-
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
-
I grew up pretty much with nothing.
-
A lot of people go through life thinking that they don't have any control, that life is just happening to them. But that's not true.
-
I think the two are kind of synonymous for me; songwriting is like my form of diary making. It's how I process the world. Without doing that, I feel kind of lost. The characters that I play often come out in the songs and the challenges that they face, albeit in an abstract way.
-
I don't go, 'It is now time to change Americans' perception of Muslims. It's going to be a long day.' I think you just try to be unique and try to be yourself, and if something good comes of that, then great.
-
I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
-
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
