Patti Smith Quotes

I voted for Obama. I was very happy when he won. But Obama hasn't really been able to effectively do anything that has made me... He hasn't helped the environment. He didn't close Guantanamo Bay. He went deeper into Afghanistan.

Patti Smith

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HappyMeEnvironmentAnythingBeen

Becoming a parent has changed the risk calculus for me. But it might be age, too, and seeing a lot of friends die in the mountains. Will I take the same risks I took in my 20s? Probably not, but I will always push myself in the mountains.

Jimmy Chin

AgeMyselfMountainsRisksMePush

Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space. You have to reimagine who you are and what life is about.

Jessica Lange

LifeChildrenTimeSpaceAttention

You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort.

Matthew Lewis

YouKnowGeneralThanVoldemort

People say, 'What's the secret to a marriage?' There's no secret - I think you get lucky.

Steve Carell

MarriagePeopleThinkYouSayLucky

The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out.

Robert Crumb

CrazyOutWhereStuffSubconscious

O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works, yet thou hast never left me nor forsaken me.

Robert Burns

GodPowerGreatPerfectionBlessed

You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule.

Michael McKean

ThinkYouSituationKnowLevelYour

I don't really find a problem with technology or television or anything. I'm a product of it. I grew up watching TV, and I don't think I'm too dumb or too crazy.

Jason Bateman

TechnologyCrazyThinkProblemDumb

Fletcher Jones, is that not a quarterback's name? My kid is going to be a quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger Cats one day.

Jason Jones

DayCatsNameTigerOne DayKid

I started out printing silk screen t-shirts. I sold ink pens. I worked construction. I worked at a gas station. I pumped gas. I was a mechanic for a little bit. I went into sewers, down into sewer lines. I had a lot of somewhat unpleasant gigs for a time there.

Johnny Depp

TimeConstructionMechanicDownOut

You think life is a beautiful thing, and you've got to live accordingly. You've got to magnify all your better feelings and better urges and better conscious ideas, and that's your life's evolvement.

Jon Anderson

LifeLiveBeautifulIdeasBetter

You can work all your life and make all the waters in all the rivers on Earth drinkable, but if, when you die, you are not ready to meet God, it doesn't matter.

Anne Graham Lotz

LifeWorkGodDieYouEarth

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