Cillian Murphy Quotes
I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
Quotes to Explore
-
Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
-
My daughter Mira's first media experience was with the first-generation iPad more than five years ago. Her speech therapist used this with her to encourage her to talk, as she was speech delayed. I watched as she immediately navigated the iPad naturally, with such ease.
-
I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
-
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
-
Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
-
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
-
The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
-
The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
-
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
-
I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
-
I don't talk in ifs.
-
I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
-
I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
-
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
-
There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
-
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.
-
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
-
I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
-
You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.
-
From the first slave ship arriving in harbor, America stole and judged blacks. Black life that didn't fit into white logic was commercially exploited or lynched.
-
The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.
-
The problem after a war is the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?
-
Man, I remember those nasty turns, and how hard it was to judge them … That's what made it so difficult, and the reason the drivers are always so competitive. I always said if you could win at Stockton, you could win anywhere.
-
I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
