Lars von Trier Quotes
I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
-
A heroic nature is very Greek.
-
I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
-
I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
-
The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
-
I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
-
What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
-
Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
-
I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
-
We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
-
It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
-
If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
-
Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.
-
I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
-
I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
-
It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
-
Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
-
On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.
-
I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
-
I certainly wished I hadn't stressed quite as much or had such insecurity at times. I wish I had trusted my instincts on some occasions when I didn't and I wish I had listened to better advice when I didn't. But overall, I have to look at the glass as half full and acknowledge that I am all of the moments of my life, the good and the not so good.
-
I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
-
The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
-
I don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.
-
I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
