Willie Nelson Quotes
'Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.'
Quotes to Explore
-
The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
-
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
-
When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
-
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
-
Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
-
To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
-
Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
-
It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
-
Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it.
-
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
-
I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead.
-
Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
-
Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
-
The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.
-
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
-
I think that I've had a very strange life.
-
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
-
I'm yet to attack French cooking, you know, where it's intense, following recipes and stuff. I'm more of a 'make it up' kind of thing.
-
Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.
-
I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
-
I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
-
Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
-
'Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.'
