William Haines Quotes
The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.
Quotes to Explore
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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I don't really yell at people.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I'd say it's okay to be political and to be a writer. Those streams can be separate, and they can be connected; for me, they're both. Life is political, and I'm interested in my community and in a lot of issues - some of them American, some global.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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I often think about death, and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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Senegal needs a renaissance.
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There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.
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Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining.
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It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.
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I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.
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The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.
