Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Cornelia Parker Quotes

I definitely didn't want children, because my childhood was not a very happy time.

Cornelia Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: english
Birth: 1956

Topics

Children Time Childhood Happy Want

I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you engage in that debate when people don't trust politicians at all? It is almost impossible to start a conversation about taxation.

Trust People Me Start Impossible

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

Love People Painting Trees Find

I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.

Winter Marriage Long House Never

I first heard Mahler's second symphony aged 11 in Liverpool, and it inspired me to become a conductor.

Me Become First Inspired Symphony

A sketch should be about two to three minutes, which is basically what most songs are. They're usually done by groups. Good examples of each build and have different parts and twists in them. I guess sketch would be the comedy version of music.

Good Music Comedy Done Three Build

Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.

Work Hard Work Home Practice You

My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Reality Gay Social Being Something

I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over. It's sort of a little bit forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time.

Time Forward Credit Back Way Same

We all have insecurities, and the thing that makes them crippling is that we all have the ability to blow them up into such huge issues in our minds, that we might as well have a facial deformity. It keeps us from really going out there and living our lives, and forgetting about hating yourself and just experiencing the world around you.

Christina Ricci

Yourself World You Living Minds Out

Zac Efron is like a brother who's just goofy and crazy. He plays a lot of practical jokes.

Brother Crazy Jokes Goofy Practical

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a biography to a classic - to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers.

Love Mother Me Book Reading Thought

Money is kind of just like air - if you don't have air, you can't breathe. If you don't have money, I don't think you'll want to breathe - you won't want to live.

Live Money Think You Want Kind

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Cornelia Parker