Robert Smith Quotes
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
-
As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
-
When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
-
Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
-
I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
-
The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
-
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
-
I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
-
Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
-
Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
-
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
-
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
-
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
-
Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
-
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
-
There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
-
There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
-
My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
-
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
-
I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
-
Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach the masses was something that meant a great deal to me - especially for women who could never wear Vera Wang.
-
You, Dad, in the large scheme of things, don't matter. I, Dad, don't matter. We're vectors on the grids of cellular life.
-
I had been imprisoned three times and had twice been incarcerated in a madhouse.
-
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
