Carey Mercer Quotes
Ten people who are into our music is better than three hundred people who are just standing there.
Quotes to Explore
-
By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
-
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
-
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
-
Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
-
Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
-
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
-
From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
-
I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
-
When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
-
Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
-
On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
-
It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
-
There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
-
I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
-
Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
-
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
-
The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
-
In this hectic life, we have no time to take care of ourselves, hence massage is needed for rejuvenation and stress reduction. A lot of people are looking for quick fixes: like, they are taking medications, and they are doing other things which are not healthy. But massage is very holistic and natural.
-
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
-
Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.
-
You want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. It's that simple. … They're pretty fearful. In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now.
-
People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.
-
Ten people who are into our music is better than three hundred people who are just standing there.
