Andrew Bird Quotes

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.

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• The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

  

  Mac Thornberry
  • Children
  • Family
  • Death

• I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Art
  • College
  • Painting

• Most police officers are good cops and good people.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Good
  • Police

• Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

  

  Ignazio Silone
  • Political
  • Religious
  • Mistake

• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

  Han Fei
  • Father
  • Son
  • Ruler

• Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Matter
  • Interest
  • Opinions

• I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.

  

  Taran Killam
  • Time
  • Day
  • Best

• One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Money
  • Things
  • Look

• I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • People
  • Country
  • Difference

• Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Me
  • Season
  • Starting

• Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Music
  • Director
  • Video

• Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • House
  • You
  • More

• The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

  

  Malcolm Wallop
  • Incompetence
  • Utter

• Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Small
  • Tired
  • Uncertainty

• I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.

  

  Danger Mouse
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• In America, you can't say to your family, 'Hey, I'm off to L.A. to make it as a songwriter; sorry I can't pay for the dentist.'

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Family
  • America
  • Sorry

• And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.

  

  Barbara Castle
  • People
  • War
  • Socialism

• I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Song

• You put on this set of goggles, and within seconds, your brain is convinced you're now in a different, virtual environment. You're somewhere else, and that somewhere else may be a video game, it may be in a real-time movie, a museum exhibit, or a medical surgical training app.

  

  Brendan Iribe
  • Time
  • Different
  • Real

• I think we see too much female-on-female hating each other on TV. We should stick together.

  

  Ciara Renee
  • Together

• It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home.

  

  Kimbra Lee Johnson
  • People
  • Great
  • Home

• 'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person.

  

  Ashley Graham
  • Different
  • Mind
  • Sexy

• Those faithful Mormon pioneers ... were willing to put everything on the altar to sacrifice for and defend their God and their faith.

  

  William R. Walker
  • Sacrifice
  • Faithful
  • Pioneers

• Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Sexy