Jason Isbell Quotes

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it. The craft of it is really more important than the subject matter.

Jason Isbell

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GoodGreatStoryNobodyImportant

We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic.

Robert Lepage

MyselfPastAlwaysQuebecNostalgic

Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

Anna Eshoo

MoneyDataPlanKnowDeserve

It's not nice to be called a nutter, because it dismisses the input I've had into my own destiny over the years.

Roisin Murphy

DestinyNiceMy OwnOverYearsOwn

I was excited to turn 60.

Mary Steenburgen

TurnExcited

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

Luis Barragan

ArchitectureGardeningMeLandscape

I absolutely love genre movies. When I was a kid, I was really impacted by genre films and cult classics.

Lucas Till

LoveMoviesKidCultClassicsGenre

I respect religion in general. I respect a lot, but I don't follow any religion. You know, I just follow my personal connection with God. For me, God is inside my heart and is inside everyone's heart.

Juanes

GodHeartRespectReligionMeYou

I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job, because I'm not very good at that. The way I do it is by writing songs, and I have to be small; I have to make the stories a bit personal.

Jason Isbell

GoodJobWritingSmallPersonalWay

Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after 'Ally McBeal,' and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on 'Ally' a second time because I thought the character should be on again.

Josh Ryan Evans

CharacterTimeMyselfThoughtYear

I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.

Don McLean

BadBackNobodyNowWhyKid

I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have a beginning, middle and ending. But every night the show changes and I relate to an audience and I relate to the young people.

Don Rickles

TodayBeginningPeopleMeNightYou

I was 17, and a friend said, 'Man, you've got to listen to this song,' and he played 'Man to Man.' From there on, I was hooked on country. Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black. Every show that came through America West Arena, I was there.

Dierks Bentley

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