Jack White Quotes

'I'm excited by the band White Stripes. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't living in that box, if we weren't trapped. Once that goes away, then I'll know that it's not worth doing it any more.'

Jack White The White Stripes

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• To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Long
  • Kids
  • Together

• Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Everything
  • Build
  • Cinema

• Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.

  

  Malcolm D. Lee
  • Time
  • Music
  • Money

• If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'

  

  Mal Peet
  • Way
  • Try
  • Without

• I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.

  

  Becky G
  • Mind
  • Know
  • Problem

• With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.

  

  Aaron Ruell
  • Work
  • Important
  • Character

• 'This Is Not That Dawn' is remarkable in part for its careful and sensitive attention to women's lives - and also for its harsh critique of men and their failure to stop violence.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Men
  • Women
  • Stop

• If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Enough
  • Train
  • Nervous

• I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

  

  Rain
  • Energy
  • Passion
  • Best

• It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • Live
  • Why
  • Energy

• I like 'Rocky Horror.'

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Like
  • Horror
  • Rocky

• I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.

  

  Camilla Belle
  • Thinking
  • Style
  • Cute

• Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Life
  • Bad
  • Care

• If you start trying to figure out yourself from the image everyone has of you, you run into a dead end.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Trying
  • End
  • Yourself

• After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Country
  • Real
  • Man

• Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Why
  • Help
  • Easy

• All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

  

  Nas
  • Important
  • Help
  • Single

• Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
  • Giving
  • Responsibility

• I've tried to get cute - and I don't mind saying tried to be cute - at the quarterback spot.

  

  Jerry Jones
  • Mind
  • Cute

• Most actors want the audience to like them, and that leads to bad acting.

  

  Lee Daniels
  • Bad

• I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a dad, it would be that I sang in my band when I was in my 20s. So I was like, 'Yeah, I should probably focus on this a little more,' so I just practiced a lot. (When asked about his singing.)

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Dad
  • Focus
  • Band

• You can't deny a band whose fans will literally do anything to see them win the awards. We're very appreciative to the fan base. That mutual feeling of appreciation is something that really helps.

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
  • Feeling
  • Band
  • Appreciation

• 'I'm excited by the band White Stripes. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't living in that box, if we weren't trapped. Once that goes away, then I'll know that it's not worth doing it any more.'

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Band