Thing Quotes
If someone gives me a to-do list, I say ‘thank you, this is nice.’ One needs things to throw in the wastebasket.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Picasso’s always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.
Roy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
Alan BallAlan Ball One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
Waylon JenningsWaylon Jennings You can always make time to do the thing you want to do, if you want it enough.
Al KoranAl Koran The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
Conor McGregorConor McGregor There’s this really awesome theory of human motivation – that human beings all want three things. One is to be competent, one is to belong, and one is be free, as in to have choice: to not be told what to do but to choose what to do.
Angela DuckworthAngela Duckworth The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
NasNas most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it’s a tribal thing.
Al StewartAl Stewart There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don’t know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can’t do, shouldn’t do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke I have no opposition at all to technology. I think technology is a wonderful thing that has to be used thoughtfully, and we can’t just assume that every bit of new technology improvesthe quality of life; it’s really in how the technology is used.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson We learn of great things by little experiences.
Bram StokerBram Stoker Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
Erica JongErica Jong