John Hughes Quotes

It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there.

John Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoliticsMeYouTableSittingTalk

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

John Ruskin

EducationHonestyChildrenBeginning

I am living in this world, and if this world already has a certain prejudice of me and an idea of me, then it's really hard for me to go through it.

Amanda Knox

I AmMeWorldGoLivingPrejudice

If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.

Rory Bremner

YouDareNothingGarbageOutNone

My father fought for me to play football. He never had to make me shinpads, but it was a lot of money to send to me to a soccer school. And to provide boots and things.

Luka Modric

FatherMoneyFootballSchoolMe

Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love food.

Ming-Na Wen

LoveFoodParentsRestaurantAlways

I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.

Jason Momoa

MeI CanLikeDownsAnyoneUps

I have never been able, really, to figure out where my life begins and where it ends. I have never, never been able to figure it all out, what it's all about, what it all means.

Jonas Mekas

LifeMy LifeNeverOutWhereBegins

I would really want to teach someone how to function without having to have plays called for you.

Chris Bosh

SomeoneYouWantTeachWithoutHow

I'm just focused on me.

Brooks Koepka

MeFocusedJust

Raising taxes is not a frivolous venture that you do on the editorial page of 'The New Republic,' for god sakes. It's something that you really have to think about and go through carefully.

Arthur Laffer

GodThinkYouGoNewPage

I see the difficulty of kids in going to university, the difficulty of kids in schools getting arts education, so that the arts and drama and the creative arts are extracurricular. They aren't: they are at the centre, and they are the equipment we so desperately need in the world.

Ali Smith

EducationCreativeWorldDramaNeed

I figure it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy; if I make a successful arena rock record, I'll wind up playing arenas! I wouldn't mind being back in that kind of venue because of the kinds of things you can do with production. You can make your shows more interesting, which would be fun to do.

Todd Rundgren

FunMindWindInterestingYouBack

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