Benji Madden Quotes
We were all 16 and 17. When you're that age, you're just daydreaming all day. We had bands we loved - Green Day, Weezer, a lot of bands in the '90s - and we just wanted to have fun. We didn't overthink it too much.
Quotes to Explore
-
I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
-
I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
-
Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
-
Sometimes it gets a little too bubblegum for me, but what I do love about KPop videos is their attention to detail, and their choreography and dancing are always spot-on.
-
I have a garden. We have fresh tomatoes and strawberries. People are different here... People out in California, they grow up quicker. They have a lot of excess, and they have a lot more things than we do here in Hungary. There, they start doing makeup when they're 13, when we would still be out in the countryside making sausage.
-
We are all terminal.
-
I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
-
When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.
-
I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It's always been something I've done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I'm not out partying. I'm probably playing video games.
-
I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
-
We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
-
One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi.
-
I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
-
I attended the climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, and back then, national governments waited until days before to submit climate plans, and the U.S. based its pledge on a proposed bill that would fail in the Senate.
-
I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldn't say I have a major sweet tooth.
-
My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.
-
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
-
I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
-
My advice for raising daughters is to spend time with them doing things you both enjoy.
-
Voice work is fun. But about three-quarters of the things you enjoy about acting are just not there. You're not working with another actor; you're not working with an audience. You're just working with a bunch of writers and a microphone. It's very abstract.
-
Success is just around the corner, but I don't want to rush into anything.
-
Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' that – where merely hundreds of person-years sufficed.
-
We were all 16 and 17. When you're that age, you're just daydreaming all day. We had bands we loved - Green Day, Weezer, a lot of bands in the '90s - and we just wanted to have fun. We didn't overthink it too much.
