John Hughes Quotes

I happen to go for the simplest, most ordinary things. The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in psychotics. I'm interested in the person you don't expect to have a story. I like Everyman.

John Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009

Topics

MeStoryYouPersonGoHappen

Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.

Jessica Valenti

MotherWomenChildrenMenWomanFun

I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart.

Michael Franti

HeartTravelPeopleWorldRestVote

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.

Jean Genet

IdeasBornHatredNeedOur

You can have a real ongoing dialogue through social media that wasn't possible before.

Michael Bastian

Social MediaMediaYouPossibleReal

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them with their friends, but because they want to stick it to the movie business.

John Perry Barlow

BusinessCareFriendsSeeingMovies

We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.

Ameen Rihani

WorldEgoPresentStateEver

I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.

Steven Pressfield

FindMoreWriteFinishUpStarted

Anyone who wants to promote a car or a football tournament turns to opera. There's a much greater public connection than the image of plush corporate boxes would suggest.

Rory Bremner

CarFootballConnectionImageOpera

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

Mason Cooley

FriendshipFaithLoyaltyBadLikes

I can touch my eyebrows with my nose. Look at that! That's not normal. I shouldn't be able to do that.

Josh Thomas

LookI CanTouchNormalEyebrows

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Dick Cheney

PeopleColleaguesReputationThink

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

Denzel Washington

HappinessFaithPeaceMeUnderstand

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