Richard Lewis Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) Quotes

I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what I do, I'm passionate about performing and being onstage. That and meditating and hugging a dog are the only three times I am absolutely sure I will never get a depressed moment. So if I could go from dog-hugging to meditation to being onstage, I'd be good.

Richard Lewis Springthorpe

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• Moments
• Meditation
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• The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Two
  • Constitution
  • Taxes

• When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • World
  • Happy
  • Humanity

• It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.

  

  Sally Mann
  • History
  • Church
  • Road

• It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Long
  • Said
  • Difference

• Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Different
  • You
  • Things

• I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Always
  • Tried
  • Object

• There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • World
  • Joy
  • Acting

• I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing something that mattered: to keep up standards, to take books seriously.

  

  Claire Tomalin
  • Up

• If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.

  

  Bonnie Hunt
  • Pretty
  • Sick
  • Integrity

• In relationships, I'm usually the one who's like, 'Oh, I don't need this right now. I don't need commitment. I can do well on my own. I'm independent,' and all this stuff, and I realized recently that that was making me really closed off to relationships and just closed off to anyone no matter who they were.

  

  Grace Martine Tandon
  • Independent
  • Commitment

• We are all put in different positions for different reasons.

  

  Kim Alexis
  • Different

• God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

  

  Jim Bakker
  • God
  • Responsibility
  • Forgiveness

• I'd like to thank everyone for all their support and prayers. I'm so humbled by that.

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Support

• I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

  

  Bonnie Bassler
  • Team
  • Sports
  • Athlete

• I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

  

  Patton Oswalt
  • Remember
  • Humanity

• If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.

  

  Robert James Ritchi
  • Good
  • Real

• YG and I started a long time ago back in '08, and I am proud of where we are now.

  

  Ty Dolla Sign
  • Time
  • Long
  • Proud

• If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.

  

  Ellen DeGeneres
  • Good
  • Spring
  • Cleaning

• ... for the Doctor observed, that no man takes upon himself small blemishes without supposing that great abilities are attributed to him; and that, in short, this affectation of candour or modesty was but another kind of indirect self-praise, and had its foundation in vanity.

  

  James Boswell
  • Great
  • Small

• They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

  

  Mahalia Jackson
  • Success
  • Thought
  • Started

• The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Success
  • Moments
  • Nerves

• Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.

  

  Gerald Nicosia
  • Reality
  • Spirit
  • Hero

• I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what I do, I'm passionate about performing and being onstage. That and meditating and hugging a dog are the only three times I am absolutely sure I will never get a depressed moment. So if I could go from dog-hugging to meditation to being onstage, I'd be good.

  

  Richard Lewis Springthorpe
  • Family
  • Moments
  • Meditation