Rodney King Quotes

As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.

Rodney King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1965 - June 17, 2012

Topics

ManBlackYouBackNowRun

Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm pathologically shy.

Jimmy Nail

HateMeStandStrangersStreetShy

Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.

Joe Garcia

ChangeCubaDynamicYourGrandma

I take it for what it is, and sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it's sort of mindless, or they're receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it.

Michael Ian Black

TimeCriticismSometimesSomething

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

John Updike

FaceMaskCelebrityEats

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

Robert De Niro

New YorkCityWorldPlaceNewRome

When I am skating, economics is far away. I always return refreshed and ready to carry on.

Robert F. Engle

I AmEconomicsReadyFar AwayAlways

I go into movies I hate, and that movie will make $500 million.

Robert Ben Garant

HateGoMoviesWillMillionMovie

Small-business people do not want to have more than 50 employees, because that's when all the regulatory burden of Obamacare kicks in.

Michele Bachmann

PeopleEmployeesBurdenWantMore

I'm not making any bets on the future.

Michelle Williams

FutureMakingAnyBets

I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.

Michael Pena

AlienPlayWantMoreSci-FiFilms

I was always the funny-looking girl. I couldn't compete with the Brazilian girls. My nose is off, my ears are too big. But I think it's my personality that these designers were drawn to.

Lou Doillon

GirlPersonalityThinkCompeteBig

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

Liza Minnelli

FearTomorrowYouYesterdayRegrets

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