William Broad (Billy Idol) Quotes

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

William Broad Generation X

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• I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Real
  • Done

• I like to prove people wrong.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • People
  • Like
  • Wrong

• I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• When I sing, people shut up.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • People
  • Up
  • Sing

• When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

  

  Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • People
  • Kind
  • Young

• I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

  

  Earl Butz
  • People
  • Challenged
  • Lots

• When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Work
  • Job

• It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Important
  • Show

• The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Up
  • Taxes

• As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • People
  • Artist
  • Responsible

• A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Country
  • American

• In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Chicago
  • Office

• To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • People
  • Weird
  • Improv

• I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • People
  • Change
  • Challenge

• I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Thought
  • Envy

• I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • People
  • History
  • Fighting

• I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.

  

  Gallagher
  • People
  • Life
  • Art

• People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, 'No, my name is Malcolm,' they think I have an attitude about it and I don't want to be associated with the show.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • People
  • Attitude
  • Name

• There are people who read Tolstoy or Dostoevski who do not insist that their endings be happy or pleasant or, at least, not be depressing. But if you're writing mysteries - oh, no, you can't have an ending like that. It must be tidy.

  

  Martha Grimes
  • People
  • Writing
  • Happy

• When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska.

  

  Sarah Palin
  • People
  • Share
  • Oil

• Never forget, Americans, that yours is a spiritual country. Yes, I know you're a practical people. Like others, I've marveled at your factories, your skyscrapers, and your arsenals. But underlying everything else is the fact that America began as a God-loving, God-fearing, God-worshipping people.

  

  Carlos P. Romulo
  • People
  • Country
  • Spiritual

• Acting is not a lofty performance; it is simply the source of becoming and existing transparently. Acting, I find, is the art of frothing to the surface every raw and honest emotion. The moment an actor pretends, he loses his audience forever

  

  Masiela Lusha
  • Art
  • Forever

• One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing.

  

  Jim Brown
  • School
  • Experience
  • Training

• The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

  

  William Broad Generation X
  • People
  • Stupid