Nick Cave Quotes

I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.

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• I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Think
  • Forever
  • Inside

• I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Taste
  • Away
  • Classic

• I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Real
  • Help
  • Know

• Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.

  

  Samora Machel
  • Reality
  • Performance

• I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Men
  • Women
  • Marriage

• I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.

  

  Rachel Boston
  • Love
  • Freedom
  • Running

• I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight.

  

  Mackenzie Foy
  • Like
  • Been
  • Skating

• You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Work
  • Best
  • Feelings

• Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • World
  • Done
  • Golf

• Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Music
  • Help
  • Gift

• Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.

  

  Patrick Murphy
  • People
  • Political
  • Education

• I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.

  

  Ed O'Neill
  • Know
  • Sometimes
  • Drive

• The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Life
  • Cute
  • Life Is Too Short

• When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.

  

  Fay Wray
  • Up
  • Hurt
  • Daughter

• I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Country
  • Family
  • High

• One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

  

  M. Ward
  • Time
  • Great
  • Music

• If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Remember
  • Law
  • Fall

• My fridge is usually pretty empty. If I can get it together to order FreshDirect, I will have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge. But there isn't a ton of stuff you would cook with.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
  • Together
  • Pretty
  • Fruit

• I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.

  

  Jackie Mason
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Why

• I'll watch a kung fu movie for kicks, no pun intended, but I'd prefer to watch other movies besides dubbed kung fu things, but they're funny.

  

  Alex D. Linz
  • Movie
  • Funny
  • Kicks

• Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Time
  • Great
  • Heart

• It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Think
  • Selfish
  • Opinions

• I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • Funny
  • Humor
  • Australian