Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.
Quotes to Explore
-
You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
-
One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
-
No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
-
We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
-
Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
-
I love women more than anything.
-
Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
-
I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
-
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
-
Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
-
I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
-
Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
-
I was really, really star-struck when I met Prince.
-
Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
-
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
-
My life is so full of sacrifices.
-
Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
-
Whenever we do stuff with Die Antwoord, it's kind of like... I made a lot of music before this group that I'm kind of bored of and forgot about, and everything with Die Antwoord I really love. It's the first time I've made music where, even the first songs we made, I really adore all those songs, and I'm proud of them.
-
The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.
-
When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them.
-
There is something so biologically implausible that your attitude is going to cure a disease. There's a tremendous arrogance to imagine that your mind is all that powerful.
-
It is a noteworthy fact that not one of the women to whom I have spoken so far believes in abortion as a practice; but it is principle for which they are standing. They also believe that the complete abolition of the abortion law will shortly do away with abortions, as nothing else will.
-
From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher's. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself.
-
With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.
