Neil Abercrombie Quotes
There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
Quotes to Explore
-
To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
-
If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
-
Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
-
You must always do what you feel is right.
-
I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
-
My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
-
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
-
Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
-
Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
-
If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
-
My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
-
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
-
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
-
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
-
Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
-
As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
-
People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
-
When you have a tough year or a year that didn't go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all that and not being able to take advantage of our team and our talent on our team, you feel that. And whenever something is taken away from you like that, you definitely cherish it more.
-
I'm learning to work under pressure. Yesteryear songs are slow and demanding on the expressions.
-
In all the towns and villages it controls, ISIS has implemented its very conservative version of Sharia. Rules on appearance are strictly enforced: a beard for men, the full veil for women. This is required for the whole population.
-
The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.
-
I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.
-
There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
