Kevin Smith Quotes

Don't get me wrong, I love Schindler's List, but it's not like 'Hey, man, let's get loaded and watch Schindler's List.' - SModcast 4: Can I get a (Masturbatory) Witness

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• We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Fall
  • Down
  • Kings

• When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • World
  • Men
  • Community

• A lot of people, even if they know what VR is, see it as this tool to go in your basement and play Halo.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • People
  • Know
  • Play

• I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.

  

  Valerie June
  • Judge
  • Songs
  • Boss

• What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Thinking
  • Learning
  • Looking

• I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.

  

  Randy Houser
  • Mom
  • Things
  • Anymore

• I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • People
  • Want
  • Hurt

• It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • You
  • Funny
  • Kid

• I like to pour my wines for people. I watch their eyes, I can see what they'll like. Most people say they don't like dry wine because they haven't had a dry wine that's clean and fruity, instead of a big, oaky thing.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • People
  • Eyes
  • Wine

• The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Rest
  • Plan
  • Health care

• I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.

  

  Laura Marano
  • Pretty
  • Me
  • Nobody

• As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Children
  • Change
  • Reading

• I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Art
  • Opinion
  • Perfection

• I don't add any deliberate nuances to the way I sing. I've seen so much and been all over the world, but I'm glued to my roots, and that comes across.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • World
  • Roots
  • Add

• Harry Potter is awesome.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Awesome
  • Harry Potter
  • Harry

• If something's not right, I don't believe in maintaining something for the sake of what's considered a traditional family, because I believe that there are different ways to raise children. It's far more effective to raise children in happy homes.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Children

• Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.

  

  Vik Muniz
  • Up
  • Eye
  • Information

• I need to make money. If I don't, I cannot survive.

  

  Lou Jiwei
  • Money

• 'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Business
  • Politicians

• I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

  

  Kristen Schaal
  • Control
  • Friend
  • Collaboration

• The eight months I took off between 'Teen Vogue' and 'Lucky' afforded me such amazing opportunities, and I learned so much from so many different people - the brands that I worked with, the companies that I was consulting for.

  

  Eva Chen
  • Learned
  • Opportunities
  • Companies

• Don't get me wrong, I love Schindler's List, but it's not like 'Hey, man, let's get loaded and watch Schindler's List.' - SModcast 4: Can I get a (Masturbatory) Witness

  

  Kevin Smith