Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) Quotes

We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate's bedroom to a band that's doing extensive touring and had a record on the Billboard charts and everything happened insanely fast, but it's not something that I sought out. It just happened.

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• If there is an authoritarian structure at St. Hill it has been brought into being by the government itself. St. Hill is trying to correct itself. It doesn't know what it's trying to correct because nobody has told it what to correct.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Trying
  • Know
  • Government

• Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Water
  • Growth
  • Key

• If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'

  

  Mal Peet
  • Way
  • Try
  • Without

• My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fans

• When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Music
  • You
  • Timeless

• I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Like

• I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

  

  Rain
  • Energy
  • Passion
  • Best

• We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Done
  • See
  • Apple

• Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • Act
  • Curiosity
  • Analysis

• If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Think
  • Look
  • Choice

• In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Career
  • Blame
  • Steps

• I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.

  

  Irving Stone
  • Art
  • Religious
  • Thought

• Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.

  

  Camilla Belle
  • Thinking
  • Style
  • Cute

• As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Character
  • Actor
  • Lawyer

• Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Life
  • Bad
  • Care

• All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

  

  Nas
  • Important
  • Help
  • Single

• Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
  • Giving
  • Responsibility

• My longing for truth was a single prayer.

  

  Edith Stein
  • Truth
  • Single
  • Prayer

• The last time I saw Dad alive, he was in the hospital. He was watching 'Hell Drivers,' a crummy B-movie about truckers, on TV and reading the 'Daily Record.' This seems scarcely believable, but I actually said, 'Dad, you've not got long to go - don't you think you should be imbibing the culture a bit more?'

  

  John Niven
  • Time
  • Long
  • Movie

• It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.

  

  Bob Marley
  • Righteousness
  • Prevail

• Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years.

  

  Josefina Vazquez Mota
  • Country
  • Past
  • Law

• I'm not a drummer anymore, on my gravestone, if there is one, if anyone writes anything about me besides hopefully being a dad, it would be that I sang in my band when I was in my 20s. So I was like, 'Yeah, I should probably focus on this a little more,' so I just practiced a lot. (When asked about his singing.)

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Dad
  • Band
  • Focus

• We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate's bedroom to a band that's doing extensive touring and had a record on the Billboard charts and everything happened insanely fast, but it's not something that I sought out. It just happened.

  

  Bethany Cosentino
  • Band
  • Charts
  • Recording Songs