Mackenzie Phillips Quotes
If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.
Quotes to Explore
-
Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs.
-
I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
-
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
-
Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
-
I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
-
I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
-
Success is a completely abstract thing - it has no bearing on daily life, family matters, the matter of artistic creation, but it can affect grace, and if I lose that, I really have gained nothing from success.
-
Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.
-
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
-
It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
-
There is nothing more important in life than love.
-
Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.
-
I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
-
Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.
-
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
-
I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.
-
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
-
On the consumer level, the products developed by entrepreneurs help to provide more and better options that make life easier and more enjoyable in the everyday lives of the public.
-
The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
-
A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.
-
As you become more senior in your career, it can be thin at the top - It's harder and harder to get unbiased and direct feedback when making decisions. You want people who will speak truth to power. Say no to any 'yes men or women' on your personal board. When you face a personal crossroads, you need honest advisors.
-
O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing with things as human beings.
-
If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.
