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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• 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

• 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

• I've always been into dressing and being stylish because I feel like that's where I gained a lot of my confidence and swag as a rapper, so fashion goes hand-in-hand with music to me.

  

  Micheal Ray Stevenson
  • Music
  • Hand
  • Fashion

• A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

  

  Alain Prost
  • Good
  • Team
  • German

• When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • Think
  • Situation
  • Often

• Every thing in life that's first should be a celebration or celebrated with a lot of oomph.

  

  Kriti Sanon
  • Life
  • Celebration

• My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.

  

  Bidzina Ivanishvili
  • Country
  • Money
  • Respect

• If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.

  

  Jane Rule
  • People
  • Gay

• It's the centuries, Scarlett darling. All the life lived there, all the joy and all the sorrow, all the feasts and battles, they're in the air around and the land beneath you. It's time, years beyond our counting weighing without weight on the earth. You cannot see it or smell it or hear it or touch it, but you feel it brushing your skin and speaking without sound. Time. And mystery.

  

  Alexandra Ripley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Earth

• 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