Raymond Pettibon Quotes

It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then and I still don't have the temperament and don't care for drawing or painting or making art for any other purposes other my own.

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• Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Life
  • Up
  • God

• If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • People
  • Country
  • Energy

• One of the ideas that was developed at MIT in a workshop was, imagine this pipe, and you've got valves, solenoid valves, taps, opening and closing. You create like a water curtain with pixels made of water. If those pixels fall, you can write on it: you can show patterns, images, text.

  

  Carlo Ratti
  • Fall
  • Water
  • Ideas

• As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Good
  • Family
  • Friends

• I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Think

• When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Interesting
  • Reading
  • Language

• When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Time
  • Great
  • Power

• What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Kids
  • Happy
  • Mom

• I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Jokes
  • Stolen
  • References

• Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • School
  • Home
  • America

• Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

  

  Karl Shapiro
  • Speak
  • Name
  • Grass

• The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.

  

  Hank Sauer
  • Star
  • First
  • Week

• Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • You
  • Board
  • Chairman

• The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Future
  • Young
  • Influence

• I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • World
  • Pretty
  • Beautiful

• When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Thinking
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Game
  • Night
  • Nice

• The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.

  

  Laura Innes
  • Done
  • She
  • Character

• I stream this radio station, Radio Nova, that's based in Paris. They curate a beautiful set that's really all over the place - they'll play blues or some West African music, then A Tribe Called Quest, then funk from Ethiopia, then James Brown, and then the Beatles. It's an amazing mix.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Music
  • Beautiful
  • Amazing

• I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

  

  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

• We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?

  

  Walid Jumblatt
  • Sometimes
  • Talk
  • Tell

• Employers can assist employees in looking after their health by giving guidance on energy management, sleep and healthy eating, working relationships, and helping maintain a sense of purpose at work.

  

  Frans van Houten
  • Work
  • Giving
  • Energy

• Learn to deal with the valleys and the hills will take care of themselves.

  

  Count Basie
  • Care
  • Deal
  • Valleys

• It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then and I still don't have the temperament and don't care for drawing or painting or making art for any other purposes other my own.

  

  Raymond Pettibon Black Flag
  • Art
  • Purpose
  • Artist