Rod Stewart Quotes

I'm jackin' off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon, I'm a three time loser.

Rod Stewart

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• I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.

  

  Malcolm Mclaren
  • Up
  • Crazy
  • Road

• It's healthy to have interests besides books.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Books
  • Healthy
  • Besides

• It's been tough for me being away from the game.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Game
  • Tough
  • Away

• Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Money

• Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.

  

  Katharine Anthony
  • Dangerous
  • Principles

• The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Use
  • Tongue
  • Tool

• There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • May
  • Idea
  • Original

• Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Writing
  • Red
  • Act

• Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Work
  • Yourself
  • Speak

• I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • People
  • Music
  • Writing

• I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Funny
  • Like
  • Modern

• If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

  

  Larry McMurtry
  • Man
  • Know
  • Temptation

• You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Know
  • Poetry
  • Learn

• As a professional track cyclist, I have always challenged myself, and I enjoy seeing how I cope when faced with the unknown.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Myself
  • Enjoy
  • Professional

• I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Love
  • Want

• Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Always
  • Religious
  • Travel

• I don't think one should attribute the success and failure of a film to a single actor. When you decide to do a film, you weigh the pros and cons before taking a call. Only when you run out of patience, get insecure, and feel your career is heading nowhere do you sign anything that comes your way.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Career
  • Success
  • Single

• Whatever market a company might dominate today, it is likely to change substantially over the next ten years. There's no such thing as 'sustaining' leadership; it must be reinvented again and again.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Today
  • Leadership

• She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Love
  • Passion
  • Woman

• Reading aloud to other people is wonderful - if you have people who will suffer it.

  

  Mary H.K. Choi
  • People
  • Reading

• The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Real
  • May
  • Prayer

• I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Done
  • Small
  • Amazing

• It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all.

  

  Arto Lindsay
  • Music
  • Interesting
  • Knowledge

• I'm jackin' off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon, I'm a three time loser.

  

  Rod Stewart
  • Reading
  • Loser
  • Afternoon