Bill Burr Quotes
As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names... 'The Thing That Shouldn't Be'. 'The Chair That Wasn't There', you know?
Quotes to Explore
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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Everyone tells me to play as long as you can. Sometimes, it goes in one ear and out the other.
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The kind of person who's going to stand on the red carpet and love the attention and have the big grin - I'm just not like that. I want to get in there, do what I've got to do, and get home to my kids.
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Writing is an incredibly creatively empowering experience for me. It is the place where nobody tries to control what I'm doing.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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Any time you're a poster child for the CIA, there are a lot of people that are - either have ideological or they are mentally unbalanced - that are going to try to find you and perhaps cause you harm.
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You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
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I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me.
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I'm virile, vigorous, and potent!
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I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.
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Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.
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Mothers are the only ones that think nothing is beyond their control when it comes to their children.
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Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I'm done.
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I started out as Keith Mitchell. I had done probably about ten years of television work under that name. Then my grandfather passed away in 1984. I wanted to honor him and his name.
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Britain's way of dealing with disability is just to try and pretend it's not happening. A swift sweep under the carpet.
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There's nothing tantric about my particular view on life.
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The threat of nuclear terrorism is growing faster than our ability to prevent an attack on our homeland.
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Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.
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You can't live in Orange County and train in Thousand Oaks. OK? you just can't. Not with the hours we put in. We have to be on time.
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I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional.
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I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.
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As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names... 'The Thing That Shouldn't Be'. 'The Chair That Wasn't There', you know?
