Pete Yorn Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
-
Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
-
If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise.
-
The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
-
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
-
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
-
It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
-
The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
-
I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
-
OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
-
I can't play a character that I am judging.
-
When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don't have a lot of time to think about me.
-
In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.
-
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
-
It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.
-
I need wrong to get laughs. I need a normal world so that I can be abnormal, and that's my problem. Comedians need prejudice.
-
We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.
-
If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
-
We haven't seen the turning point yet, but we're sticking to our bottom line, for the environment and the health of the country.
-
I had a few dating disasters along the way with girls cheating on me. One girl was the inspiration for me singing 'Cry Me A River' on 'The X Factor.' That was my payback to her because she was unfaithful.
-
Are we not all desperate one way or another?
-
What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.
-
In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.
-
I know you never wanted it this way. I can see, I can see.
