Dave Grohl Quotes

I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.

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• I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Time
  • Kind
  • Never

• During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

  

  Questlove
  • Political
  • Me
  • Wise

• Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Doubt
  • Lead
  • Hatred

• It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • Game
  • Fighting
  • Loser

• I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.

  

  Lance Gross
  • Father
  • Man
  • Amazing

• If you're not in it you can't win it.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • You
  • Win

• For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Long
  • Success
  • Myself

• Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.

  

  Laetitia Casta
  • Kids
  • Pretty
  • Working

• When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Music
  • Country
  • School

• There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Think
  • Game
  • Air

• Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

  

  Owen Paterson
  • Change
  • Climate Change

• It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

  

  E. B. White
  • Man
  • Planet
  • Club

• My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'

  

  Tate Donovan
  • Remember
  • Want
  • Parents

• I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Country
  • Done
  • Football

• For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylised, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Money
  • Doing
  • Performance

• I will never sell Flipkart.

  

  Sachin Bansal
  • Never
  • Will
  • Sell

• I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Myself
  • Better
  • Need

• Coaching the Bruins is like going bear hunting with a butter knife.

  

  Pat Burns
  • Coaching
  • Hunting
  • Bear

• What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

  

  Charles S. Dutton
  • Work
  • August

• I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Real
  • School
  • Dance

• The time has long since come for truth, transparency, and talks in every sector of society, including media, advertisement and entertainment. We can challenge each other, gain understanding, and create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.

  

  Bernice King
  • Time
  • World
  • Long

• I definitely love that all these car brands are coming out with hybrid forms of every car that they have. It's very awesome because I think it does make a difference, and it doesn't hurt that you save a lot of money on gas.

  

  Lucy Hale
  • Money
  • Car
  • Hurt

• I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

  

  Luke Ford

• I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.

  

  Dave Grohl Nirvana
  • School
  • College
  • Punk Rock