Jim Woodring Quotes

Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.

Jim Woodring

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 11, 1952

Topics

NatureDreamsFishMeaningHoodYou

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

CompetitionPeopleMePressureBring

It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.

Andy Garcia

WorkBetterYouWantSomethingThan

I read James Joyce's short story 'The Dead,' and I love that movie for many reasons. It was the last film I made with my father, and it's emotional for me as well as a movie I'm proud of.

Anjelica Huston

LoveFatherMeProudStoryShort

The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

John Stossel

OthersWillingWhoHappiestFront

The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro becoming an international reserve currency.

Robert C. Solomon

PeopleSome PeopleEuropeSeemsRole

In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.

Dick Cavett

YouthThinkSomeoneRememberYoung

We have to enforce training that is more emphasized on de-escalation tactics and crisis management control. Once we do that, then we have to put measures in place to reward the officers who are the good officers, which is the majority of them. Then we have to hold accountable the officers that are not abiding by the policies and those laws.

Doug Baldwin

GoodTrainingControlManagement

I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

Clive Owen

I CanSayNeverWhereFilmChosen

As more and more of our world becomes part of the wireless network, I see the mobile phone becoming a central command station for everything around us.

Peggy Johnson

WorldPhoneMoreEverythingSeeUs

When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward.

Nikki Cox

PeopleYouLookNiceSayAwkward

By high school, I was already tall - 5-foot-8 - and one day I made the mistake of wearing green tights. The football players all started calling me the Jolly Green Giant.

Rene Russo

DayFootballSchoolMistakeGreen

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams.

Renzo Piano

DreamsDesireDifferenceCaresAbout

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