Richard Simmons Quotes
I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
-
I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
-
When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
-
Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.
-
I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
-
By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
-
A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
-
I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
-
It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
-
The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment.
-
All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
-
This is a polarizing statement, as I have come to discover, but I am a Pats, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan from birth until death.
-
It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.
-
Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
-
I don't outline. I sit down to write, and I take the ride. If something starts to not feel right, I go back to the last place that felt like jazz to me.
-
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
-
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
-
My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.
-
Yes, 'Aagadu' was a failure. I was dejected for a couple of months, since there was a lot at stake.
-
I've been so relieved and so grateful to not have a god to believe in.
-
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
-
Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives. A life that gets out of balance is much like a car tire that is out of balance. It will make the operation of the car rough and unsafe. Tires in perfect balance can give a smooth and comfortable ride. So it is with life. The ride through mortality can be smoother for us when we strive to stay in balance.
-
No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it come to you. Let it happen.
-
I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past.
