Perfume Genius Quotes

I was a bad student. My teachers gave up trying to teach me how to read music.

Perfume Genius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

MusicMeTryingBadStudentTeach

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

The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.

Joe Jamail

TimeMoneyRichLongLong TimeBeen

'The Daily Show' was amazing because I learned so much.

Jessica Williams

DailyAmazingBecauseShowMuch

When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street.

Jo Nesbo

FamilyFatherMotherManControlUp

I cannot possibly conceive of my planet Earth as the centre of a three-tiered universe. I know rather that the sun, around which my planet Earth revolves, is a middle sized star in a galaxy called the Milky Way that has over a hundred billion other suns or stars within it.

John Shelby Spong

StarsSunUniverseEarthKnowWay

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

Rita Dove

MusicPoetryThinkLanguageTryTwo

I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. It's my opinion; obviously, there are billions who like and love them. I don't like all the singing, dancing and all the dramatic crying. I have never seen a Bollywood film in my life.

Russell Peters

LifeLoveHateOpinionSinging

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Anton Chekhov

FriendshipLoveRespectPeopleUnite

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.

Sharon Salzberg

MeditationPracticingStartedWho

For me, I try not to think about it too much, because you find that if you think about it too much, then you start to panic at every little thing that goes on in training.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

TrainingMeStartThinkYouFind

I figured I would be teaching my whole life and making experimental films on the side.

Todd Haynes

LifeSideTeachingWholeWould

Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.

Noam Chomsky

GoodScienceResponsibleEveryone

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Perfume Genius