Mike Posner Quotes

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

Mike Posner

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• That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Support
  • Government
  • Period

• When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Better
  • Hunting
  • Racing

• It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Couple
  • Missing

• I keep my horses out in the open, but when I was working the ranches, I had to clean the stalls. It was a horrible job.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Job
  • Working
  • Open

• My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Pretty
  • Parents
  • Crazy

• I had a diary full of lyrics and whatnot and a little voice recorder of guitar riffs.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Voice
  • Guitar
  • Lyrics

• I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • Love
  • Hate
  • Heaven

• We should be individualizing instruction, utilizing that data to actually give teachers the tools necessary to meet the needs of a very diverse group of kids which exists in every class.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Kids
  • Group
  • Tools

• In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

  

  Larry Niven
  • May
  • Society
  • Hindsight

• We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.

  

  Panayiotis Zavos
  • Way
  • Law
  • Stay

• I'm not a guy that really likes to pile onto somebody. Doesn't really matter who it is.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Guy
  • Matter
  • Really

• So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • Fear

• It wasn't quite what is seemed: a lack of pleasantries (My able body isn't what it used to be) I must admit I was charmed by your advances Your advantage left me helplessly into you

  

  Ben Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie

• Wise men say that time is like a river. I say time is like a river of SHIT... and as you float down that river in your little canoe, your paddles are getting smaller and smaller.

  

  Lewis Black
  • Time
  • Men
  • Wise

• I feel like you listen your whole life, so when you are in the studio, your references are all the songs and music that you know. It just depends on where the songs are going and what attracts you at the moment.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • Life
  • Music

• It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
  • People
  • Star

• Connectivity just can't be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation, and that's why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster.

  

  James Carville
  • Sports

• Nothing's planned. Never say never.

  

  Mike Rutherford Genesis
  • Say
  • Planned

• The only recreation there allowed, however, is that of the mind, and of this there is but little.

  

  Maria Monk
  • Mind

• Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Voting
  • Democrats
  • Blacks

• It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have a great movie, you're good. If not, people are ready to write you off. I think the only ones who are really winning are people like Will Smith. People go, 'Oh, it's Will Smith. I've got to see him, whatever he's in.'

  

  Jamie Foxx
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.

  

  John Yarmuth
  • Survival

• I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

  

  Mike Posner