Viggo Mortensen Quotes

I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.

Viggo Mortensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1958

Topics

LifeFeelMy LifeYearBackCountry

The greatest thing I can remember in my whole career was the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey clowns asking me to appear with them at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1965.

Jerry Lewis

MeRememberCareerI CanLos Angeles

Once you start talking to people, you find out there's a lot more wrestling fans than you think there are.

John Darnielle

PeopleStartThinkTalkingYouFind

We did not seek ideological confrontation.

John Hume

SeekConfrontationDidIdeological

I think that a lot of people in all walks of life have the impression, of course, that, 'I specialize in something. I can't - I don't have the time to read other things. I'll just go to pure entertainment when I'm relaxing, and then I'll come back to my pure specialty.' That produces - that attitude produces idiot savants, unfortunately.

Robert J. Shiller

LifeAttitudeTimePeopleThinkGo

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

Jean de La Fontaine

LoveTruthPowerPeopleWillVirtue

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

Martina Navratilova

GoodSportsPeopleThinkSexuality

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.

Monte Irvin

TimeMoneyBaseballSorryBlackSee

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

Jules Verne

WalkCatsPetI AmBelieveCloud

I don't have certain kinds of fatigue. My focus stays strong - I can work on a song for six or seven hours in one day and not get bored or tired of it.

Jason Isbell

WorkFocusDayTiredSongStrong

I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick.

Jon Secada

MusicSchoolCollegeStartYouLate

There has been a lot of media attention around the dangers of drugs used to treat mental illness on the fetus.

Christy Turlington

TreatMediaAttentionMental Illness

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

HistoryIdeasBetterLongBadRun

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