Leonard Cohen Quotes

I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.

Leonard Cohen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016

Topics

MeSingerCarryPoetEvenTune

The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there's no way that's going to happen while I'm still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you're away from home for long periods. That's not the kind of father I want to be.

Jenson Button

LifeFatherHomeTimeSelfishThink

Everybody in L.A. has a screenplay. The guy pumping your gas has a screenplay.

Melanie Mayron

GuyGasYourEverybodyPumping

A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.

Michael Douglas

GoodBestWantMoviesImageOwn

My father, Simon Hoggart, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2010. By this point, it had spread to his spleen and metastasised in his lungs and so was pronounced terminal.

Amy Hoggart

FatherPointCancerSpreadJuneHis

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

Sidharth Malhotra

StrengthGameYouPlayAggressive

During my New York run, I injured my voice badly. I was getting increasingly hoarse, and it finally gave up. The doctor said I had two choices. Either cancel things, or try my luck and perhaps never speak again. That's not much of a choice.

Trevor Noah

New YorkLuckDoctorChoicesSpeak

If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation.

Tom Cotton

MoneyBackNeedNationNormalAct

Football unites, and no one can use a football platform for political means.

Julen Lopetegui

FootballPoliticalMeansUseUnites

I would never know how good I was if I didn't have Bob Arum. Bob Arum is white, Jewish; He was working for prosecutor's office. I'm black, an ex-convict, ex-number runner. Who would be most likely to succeed? It would be Bob 100-1. Yet I beat Bob on everything we ever done, with love.

Don King

LoveGoodSucceedBlackWhiteKnow

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

LifeSpeakThinkingEndNowWay

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

Diane von Furstenberg

LoveI AmVegetarianAlmostYogaAm

Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to do now? I'll go to Paris!'

Craig Ferguson

ParisGoKnowNowNextGoing

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