Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
Quotes to Explore
-
People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
-
I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
-
There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
-
If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
-
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
-
People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
-
CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
-
My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
-
Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
-
I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
-
My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
-
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.
-
I've laid my friends bare.
-
I went to high school in a steel town in Pennsylvania.
-
Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
-
You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
-
We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
-
In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
-
The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
-
Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
-
Lawyers don't run sales forces.
-
The artist has tremendous power to change the world.
-
A man is only as good as what he loves.
-
The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
