Roger McGuinn Quotes

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

Roger McGuinn The Byrds

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• In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Winning
  • Moment
  • Luck

• What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Love
  • Space
  • Media

• Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Want
  • Stone
  • New Things

• I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Know
  • Written
  • Arts

• When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Way
  • Play
  • Stronger

• It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.

  

  Harry Caray
  • Up
  • Good
  • Training

• I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Think
  • Respect
  • Environment

• 'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Time
  • Song
  • Me

• There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Confidence
  • Line
  • Arrogance

• Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Know
  • Animals
  • Recognize

• What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.

  

  Kate Millett
  • Future
  • Woman
  • Hell

• As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Control
  • Player
  • Winning

• I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • Long
  • Remember
  • I Can

• While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Up
  • Mind

• The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • True
  • Labor
  • Source

• When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Bad
  • Playing
  • Started

• History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Good
  • Bad
  • History

• I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Good
  • Learn

• I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Movie
  • Roles
  • Fit

• Top technologists have a tremendous capacity - and, therefore, a tremendous responsibility - to build things that make a positive impact on the world.

  

  Joe Lonsdale
  • World
  • Responsibility
  • Positive

• A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.

  

  Chuck Jones
  • Funny
  • Door

• The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in a shopping mall, is on one level about consumerism; 'Land Of The Dead' is a response to Bush.

  

  George A. Romero
  • Drama
  • Shopping

• I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there, playing the guitar at union meetings, functions. I sold some science-fiction stories. I knew there was absolutely no question of me not being connected with the arts, but I couldn't find any acting jobs.

  

  Alan Arkin
  • Money
  • Science
  • Question

• Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

  

  Roger McGuinn The Byrds
  • Money
  • Bought
  • Assistant