Wayne Shorter Quotes
It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.
Quotes to Explore
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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But I think we need the international market.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors.
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When I took the entrepreneurship class at Stanford, the first lecture was about an entrepreneur and his personality. They described it as being different than a businessman, who is an overall scientific manager.
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The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real human beings and their real day-to-day problems - I just want to say to them, 'Hold still, and I'm just going to unpack, see what's inside.'
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The man's [Bush] embarrassing. He's not my president and he never will be either.
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Its time to stop defending a system that is clearly in dire need of reform, stop issuing reports and setting up new roadblocks, and start providing Americans with prescription drugs that are both safe and affordable.
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It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.
