Conor Oberst Quotes

If you love something, give it away...

Conor Oberst Bright Eyes

• Giving

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • Time
  • Struggle
  • Chaos

• You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Girl
  • Know
  • Me

• I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Mind

• The future will be better tomorrow.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Future
  • Better
  • Tomorrow

• You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • High
  • You
  • Yourself

• When decentralized blockchain protocols start displacing the centralized web services that dominate the current Internet, we'll start to see real internet-based sovereignty. The future Internet will be decentralized.

  

  Olaf Carlson-Wee
  • Real
  • Future
  • Start

• Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Want
  • Sometimes
  • Keep Going

• I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • War
  • Society
  • Terrorism

• I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Different
  • Effect
  • Delightful

• We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • World
  • America
  • Rules

• When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • Life
  • World
  • Believe

• My mother always wanted to give back.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Mother
  • Always
  • Give

• The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Reason
  • Process
  • Results

• I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

  

  Valerie June
  • Want
  • First
  • Admire

• In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Think
  • Change
  • Did

• When you come off 'The X Factor,' you're more likely to be a failure than a success because people almost want you to fail. There's this kind of feeling that you're separate from everyone else. You get it from artists, people in the industry, people at record labels.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Success
  • Feeling

• You know, you can tell the difference between a terrorist and a toddler. On a terrorist, the diaper is gonna be on the head, all right? That's how you can tell the difference. very loud applause It's upsetting. Unbelievable. They got absolutely nothing in common except both diapers are full of crap.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy

• 20 years on I'm not that interested in charity. I'm interested in justice. There's a difference. Africa needs justice as much as it needs charity. Equality for Africa is a big idea. It's a big expensive idea.

  

  Bono U2
  • Justice
  • Equality
  • Charity

• If you ask any of us which movie we were making when one of our kids was born, we'll be able to tell you instantly. It's like our family lives are permanently woven into the movies.

  

  Lee Unkrich
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Movie

• There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

  

  Georg Buchner

• There's 5 levels of fatness! Fluffy is one of the levels. There's big, healthy, husky, fluffy and damn.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias

• Yo, play me with a handshake. Say "What's up, L.L.? Good Luck." That's all. That's all I want. I don't want you to kiss my feet. That ain't necessary. Just give me respect.

  

  LL Cool J
  • Up
  • Good
  • Giving

• Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

  

  Mickey Hart
  • Giving
  • Sound
  • Expression

• If you love something, give it away...

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • Giving