Tom Petty Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.
-
Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.
-
You can't win some people over.
-
If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
-
The Secretary of the State at the time was James Baker, who had also been Secretary of Treasury and White House Chief of Staff: very powerful guy. And I went to see him in his very ornate office at the State Department to say I wasn't going to cover him anymore. It was just a courtesy call.
-
I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
-
The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
-
Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of the program have failed to identify a single thwarted plot.
-
It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
-
A belief may be larger than a fact.
-
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
-
I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
-
I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.
-
I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.
-
I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today.
-
We're manufacturing to meet the demands of our own people but, in the meantime, for the entire world as well, and that definitely put a lot of extra pressure on our environment.
-
I don't even think I'll see all of 'The Mist' until I'm 18. I'm going to the premiere, but I'll close my eyes during the scarier scenes.
-
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
-
What's really good is African drum music.
-
I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bond girl before me ever had. They put me in a wig at the beginning of the film, and then had my character cut her hair to pretend to be someone else. That was to explain why my hair was short.
-
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
-
I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
-
They are a very talented group of guys. They all have different styles in the way they run.
-
If you don't run, you rust.
