John Cleese Quotes

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding.

John Cleese

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 27, 1939

Topics

SmallThinkAmericaYouGoTry

It was never part of how I imagined my music, and I watched in awe at how this ukulele troubadour image suddenly devoured the Jens Lekman I had planned so carefully.

Jens Lekman

MusicNeverAweImagePlannedHow

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.

John Lasseter

MotherSimpleBabyShortYouDesk

Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like 'emo' or 'grunge'... or 'folk music.' I think that's just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world.

Sufjan Stevens

MusicCultureWorldThinkLanguage

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

Sonia Rykiel

StepMeFashionImportantAhead

Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.

Josh Homme

MusicYouChooseWhyOverAnything

They do awful things in the press. One newspaper in England said I was 12 years older than I am, and I was ready to sue.

Diane Ladd

I AmReadySaidNewspaperYears

When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.

Comte de Lautreamont

StrengthMyselfMindMeThoughts

I try not to get too rattled about things that aren't that important - there's a different outburst for when the kids are reaching for a knife in the kitchen versus the reaction I have when they just won't stop talking. And my wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along.

Chris O'Donnell

WifeKitchenTalkingStopImportant

The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves.

Petra Collins

WomenHistoryMeControlThinkBeen

We need to help people of all circumstance overcome the things in their life.

Sheryl Sandberg

LifePeopleHelpOvercomeNeed

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy.

Sharon Van Etten

LiveEnergyWayDifferentPerforming

I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while.

Martin Milner

PartnerRadioEvenVersionJack

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