Mickey Rourke Quotes

Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.

Mickey Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1956

Topics

BestBetterChoiceActingDown

Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

Jessica Savitch

MenControlCameraNewsOffStill

Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion of the young and to the increase of juvenile delinquency.

Robert Kennedy

PhilosophyYoungCrimeConfusion

Eat my shorts!

Matt Groening

EatShorts

I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good.

Amanda Palmer

GoodBestSongSomeoneDoingEnough

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

LeadershipWaitEnemyWillPrudent

Men with shaved heads are always better. Just ask my wife.

Tom Colicchio

MenWifeBetterAskAlwaysJust

Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters.

Roger Ebert

GoodYouKnowWhyMustBeen

We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.

Roy Rogers

WoodsBackSunlightAlmostFarPipe

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.

Luis Figo

ChangeDecisionLanguageLearnNew

I think I am a pretty good sister.

Miley Cyrus

GoodI AmSisterThinkPrettyAm

Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's Richard Pryor or James Baldwin or Jimmy Walker.

Colson Whitehead

Growing UpBlackGrowingMovementUp

Yes, more than 100 Democrats voted to authorize Bush to take the nation to war. Most of them did so in the belief that the president and his administration were truthful in their statements that Saddam Hussein was a gathering menace.

Bob Graham

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