Conor Oberst Quotes

I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything.

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• I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.

  

  K. Flay
  • Better
  • Lazy
  • Month

• Produce great men, the rest follows.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Great
  • Men
  • Rest

• I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Life
  • Done
  • Mistake

• You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Know

• I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Long
  • Women
  • Best

• I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Artist
  • First
  • Portrait

• The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.

  

  Patrick Kavanagh
  • Food
  • Language
  • Dead

• To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Truth
  • Speak
  • Easy

• It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'

  

  Ram Charan
  • Family
  • Decision
  • Act

• It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Up
  • Time
  • Writing

• Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • Nothing
  • Happens
  • Inevitable

• When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Important
  • Think

• Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Will
  • Racism
  • Discrimination

• I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.

  

  Eddie Slovik
  • Wanted
  • Sorry
  • Months

• The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Book
  • Dirtiest

• I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Fly
  • Pants
  • Seat

• Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.

  

  Eddie Albert
  • Director
  • Keep
  • Contact

• I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Writing
  • Day
  • Air

• The legislator of the Jews in a bolder spirit went to a further extreme and in the practice of his 'naked' philosophy, as they call it, ventured to speak of him who was possessed by love of the divine.

  

  Philo
  • Practice

• It's pretty cool I'm known for FIFA. If you think of KSI, people instantly think, 'Ah, that FIFA YouTuber.' I didn't think I would be up there as the ambassador of FIFA on YouTube, but I'll take it.

  

  KSI
  • People
  • Up
  • Pretty

• Even if you wanted to be a hermit, people come out looking for you. I don't want to cloister myself away, but it is important for me to write about issues that have universal significance. One of them that have resonated with me all my life has been the theme of injustice.

  

  Iris Chang
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• If you care to be a master or to make a true success of your profession, the smallest detail of your work must be done with thoroughness. To be thorough in medicine means that in the ever alluring present, we do not forget the past.

  

  David Murray Cowie
  • Mean
  • Forget
  • Achievement

• I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything.

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • People
  • Believe
  • Mean