Ry Cooder Quotes

I didn't want tunes that preach heaven: you know, life on Earth is bad and heaven is the only hope we have. I don't quite care for that. I mean, when people sing that stuff, it's good when they do it, but I didn't want to do it.

Ry Cooder

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LifeGoodHopePeopleCareYou

I've been broke and sad, rich and sad, broke and happy, rich and happy, and I'll take the rich version over the broke version all day long.

Jen Sincero

SadDayHappyRichLongOver

I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer.

Melinda Clarke

LightMoreOperaSingerMuchLounge

I think funny is just the foundation. I don't really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to be funny is... You know what, the things that you laugh hardest at aren't cartoons.

Robert Mankoff

FunnyFoundationThinkLaughYou

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.

John Shelby Spong

HistoryRealityExplainedDevelop

I'm not much of an economic conservative, and I'm not conservative at all on foreign policy.

Tucker Carlson

ConservativePolicyEconomicMuch

I was driving around the country when I was 19 and happened to run out of cash in Seattle, so I settled here.

Tom Douglas

DrivingCountryRunSeattleOut

I was all personality and no talent.

Ruby Keeler

PersonalityTalentNo Talent

I always want to make sure I'm telling a story about people that I care about.

Joss Whedon

PeopleStoryCareWantAlwaysSure

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

Jay DeMarcus

CountryInspirationGospelEverywhere

I would like to think that monogamy works: that once you make that vow, that decision in your life to stay committed, you actually get to keep that promise; you get to keep that commitment. I think that once you start to lose that, once you start to wonder, even emotionally - especially emotionally - your relationship is bound to get lost.

Jonathan Silverman

LifeRelationshipDecisionCommitment

Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It's almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed.

Jonathan Safran Foer

FaithAppleNowDriverAlmostLike

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

Don Marquis

WomenChurchDevilPersonYesGoing

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