James Rosenquist Quotes

I can handle ups and downs.

James Rosenquist

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1933 - March 31, 2017

Topics

Ups And DownsI CanHandleDownsUps

What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the genre of reality like it's television from the devil, and that's something that I don't like because I think everybody should watch what they like. It's a free world. It's a form of democracy. If you like it, watch. If you don't like it, don't watch.

John de Mol, Jr.

PeopleDemocracyWorldFreeThink

I don't want to have to be like a Scarlett Johansson - who I have nothing against - but I don't want to have to go on talk shows and pull out every SAT word I've ever learned to prove, like, 'Take me seriously, I am intelligent, I can speak.'

Megan Fox

I AmMeSpeakI CanWantSeriously

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Robert Green Ingersoll

HappinessSufferingResultReward

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.

Ani DiFranco

HistoryLookingFriendsMysteryOwn

I don't write about too many male businessmen, and I'm not apt to write about too many female businessmen.

John Updike

WriteManyFemaleBusinessmenAbout

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

Ruud Gullit

FootballI AmHappyThinkI Am Happy

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

Monica Johnson

GodLookFindPlaceAuthorityOut

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

Ludwig Bemelmans

PerfectionFindingArtistTroubleHe

I'm basically a country person.

Bruce Sutter

CountryPersonBasically

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

Bob Dylan

BurdenBeingDisappearGotBecause

I was up for 'Harry Potter' way, way back. But I don't quite fit the bill, I think.

William Moseley

ThinkBackWayUpFitHarry Potter

I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself the way, if I saw the movie in a theater, I would be pleased. Do I think about catering to an audience? No.

Shane Black

MyselfThinkWayMy OwnAudience

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