Henry Rollins Quotes
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.
Quotes to Explore
-
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
-
I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.
-
Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
-
The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
-
As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
-
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
-
I love Japan; it's very special.
-
I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
-
It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.
-
I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
-
I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.
-
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
-
Overpopulated fiction can be so confusing that readers put the story down. Under-populated novels can seem claustrophobic or boring. You want the right number of characters for your particular work.
-
The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
-
Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.
-
What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.
-
My glasses say a lot about me because I think me in a pair of sunglasses is an image that a lot of people would recognise.
-
What the divine author of the Mahabharata said of his great creation is equally true of Hinduism. Whatever of substance is contained in any other religion is always to be found in Hindusim, and what is not contained in it is insubstantial or unnecessary.
-
There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime. It is not political. To give concessions on political status would put many people in jeopardy.
-
I appeal to people all across the political spectrum.
-
You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
-
Social media companies are a gold rush today, and time will tell if they survive. I have no use for them and can't see why people waste time on them. I much prefer physical meeting with true friends, so have never used the service.
-
Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.
