Kevin Mitnick Quotes
The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
-
One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.
-
I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
-
We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.
-
I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
-
Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?
-
Someone once told me be interested, not interesting - that really clicked for me.
-
I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
-
Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
-
When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
-
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.
-
Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
-
It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
-
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
-
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
-
Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history.
-
Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's told me. The process of it becoming fiction is expanding and extending it: stretching the rubber band of reality.
-
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
-
What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It always reflects society. The flappers would cut the dresses and make them looser, they smoked, their hair was short. It was a rebellion against the corset and the Edwardian era.
-
People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.
-
The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point.
-
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms. We should not start another war because it's madness.
-
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting.
-
The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care.
