Buck Owens Quotes

I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time.

Buck Owens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1929 - March 25, 2006

Topics

MusicTimeBestJobHellReady

The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, 'Please don't be nice to me. Just pay me.'

Jerry Lewis

GreatPeopleMeBe NicePictures

I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what's going on, hearing new things or new old things.

John Darnielle

LoveLearningMusicGreatNew Things

It seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack men except in defense of their young. How easily and safely a bear could pick us up as we lie asleep! Only wolves and tigers seem to have learned to hunt man for food, and perhaps sharks and crocodiles.

John Muir

FoodMenLieManRisksWolves

Just knock hell out of it with your right hand.

Tommy Armour

HellHandRightOutJustKnock

Sometimes a game comes at just the right moment in your life. 'Flower' is beautiful, serene, and a bit of sunshine in a gloomy world. I remember going through a rough spot in my life and turning on 'Flower' for a little break in the day. You fly through luscious landscapes collecting petals and painting the world with life.

Rob Manuel

LifeFlowerBeautifulSunshineDay

I have a fondness for Georgetown. There's always some place in Georgetown that has a bunch of people that look like they're having fun, watching the game. Go in there, grab a pint. It's the best.

Rob Riggle

BestFunPeopleHaving FunGameGo

I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.

Romeo Santos

ThinkComfortableNeverStomachGet

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length of time it's supposed to be. The restrictions of budget and sets can be really useful. When you can have everything, it's very hard to make things feel real and lived in.

Joss Whedon

TimeWritingFeelBudgetYouHard

Fools are without number.

Desiderius Erasmus

FoolsWithoutNumber

My Google existence is probably larger than a lot of people's.

Douglas Coupland

PeopleGoogleExistenceThanLarger

You've just got to do the best that you can.

Drew Barrymore

BestYouGotJust

Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero.

Bobbie Ann Mason

HeroAmericanLiteratureAboutSince

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