Alexander McQueen Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
-
Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
-
The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
-
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
-
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
-
I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
-
You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
-
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
-
My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
-
Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
-
I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
-
The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
-
Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
-
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
-
Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
-
The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
-
So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
-
Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
-
I grew up in Illinois.
-
The hard-core Left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says, 'God created the heaven and the earth.' They say that it's anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing.
-
Every time I start to get worked up over something, I just think to myself, 'Is this really going to matter in my life tomorrow, in an hour, in a year?' You just can't get stressed about the little things 'cause it's just not worth it at the end of the day.
-
Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.
-
I like seeing the cameras because it helps visualize how the music people and the movie people teamed up.
-
I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.
