Billy Childish Quotes

People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.

Billy Childish

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 1, 1959

Topics

CommunicationLivePeopleEmotion

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

Joaquin Phoenix

YouMoviesWhyMoreReasonWell

I was always told that I acted too white. I was always told that I was going to date a white guy - which, in fairness, was true: I do have a white boyfriend. So they weren't entirely wrong, but all of those things were really damaging.

Jessica Williams

FairnessWhiteWrongTrueAlways

It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

Jerry Greenfield

GoodBusinessBelieveStandValues

Our safety and security is more important than ever, and Congress needs to take an active role in enforcing international agreements that support global security.

John Delaney

SupportSafetySecurityImportant

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

Robert Heller

ManagementChoiceDifferenceUsed

Horses are a mirror of who you are. They're emotionally dependent on you.

Jeannette Walls

MirrorYouWhoHorsesDependent

In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, stimulate them to use their own imaginations. I don't just say things recipients want to hear, flatter their egos or comfort them by agreeing with them. I have to provoke them, to take them as seriously as I take myself.

Michael Haneke

WorkMyselfTryingComfortCreate

But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.

Alphonsus Liguori

HeartHumbleYouNeverReject

I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.

Tom Stoppard

RespondNoiseWellOlympicWhich

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Mary Schmich

TimeJealousyYouSometimesAhead

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

Mo Ibrahim

PracticeThinkLookFirstNeed

It's very important that we keep these special, wild places. It defines the United States. Imagine our country without our national parks and our monuments. Here in California, imagine if you didn't have in Southern Cal the Channel Islands or the great Highway 1, Big Sur up to Point Reyes up to the Redwood country.

Douglas Brinkley

GreatYouCountryImportantWild

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