John Mellencamp Quotes

I used to think that eating healthy was ordering a fish sandwich at McDonalds.

John Mellencamp

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• I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • People
  • Heart
  • Home

• There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Done
  • Job
  • Know

• You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • You
  • Bitter
  • Sour

• On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy.

  

  Nancy Keenan
  • Women
  • America
  • Party

• My husband and I are just really laid back people.

  

  A. J. Cook
  • People
  • Husband
  • Back

• To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Me
  • Effect
  • Incredibly

• I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Love
  • Business
  • Respect

• On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • May
  • Interesting
  • Scenery

• Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Game
  • Baseball
  • Hockey

• I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.

  

  Beck
  • People
  • Really
  • Fascinated

• I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • World
  • Afraid
  • Dentist

• Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

  

  Tama Janowitz
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Books

• While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.

  

  Quintilian
  • Up
  • Opportunity
  • Lost

• Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Experience
  • Literature
  • Bible

• People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • People
  • Important
  • You

• Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill.

  

  Gail Collins
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• In 2001, we went to raise some $3 million in venture capital in the U.S. and got rejected. So we’ve come back and raised a little bit more: $25 billion. This is not money; this is trust from the world, trust from the people.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • World
  • Money

• I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Time
  • World

• In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that.

  

  Brian K. Vaughan

• There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Time
  • Think
  • Top

• Hey,” Shane said from the other side of the bars. “Trade you cigarettes for a chocolate bar.” Funny,” Eve said. She was almost back to her old unGothed self again, though there were still red splotches on her cheeks and around her eyes. “How come you’re always behind bars, troublemaker?” Look who’s talking. I didn’t try to outrun the cops in a hearse.” That hearse had horsepower.” Eve got that moony look in her eyes again. “I love that hearse.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • She
  • Funny
  • Eyes

• I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that liked nice things also.

  

  Kanye West
  • Great
  • Nice
  • Artist

• So from that standpoint, it didn't seem weird to me at all. I think it's interesting and obviously audiences do, too ... I think there is a sort of emptiness in our look at life in general lately, and think this is a way to explore that.

  

  Anne Archer
  • Life
  • Explore
  • Emptiness

• I used to think that eating healthy was ordering a fish sandwich at McDonalds.

  

  John Mellencamp