Famous Jim Irsay Quotes & Sayings

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well. — Baron De Montesquieu

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles. — Jessica Alba

When I was recording my first solo album 'Imaginaryland,' I was listening to a lot of movie scores. — Petra Haden

They're lots of good Americans here in New York who have common sense and who believe in free markets and free people and limited government under our Constitution. Those are the principles I've always stood for. I know they're right, and that's what I'm going to stand for. — Wendy E. Long

The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world. — Sammy Davis Jr.

So it went. Bob was increasingly cynical, leery, uneasy; Jesse was increasingly cavalier, merry, moody, fey, unpredictable. If his gross anatomy suggested a strong smith in his twenties, his actual physical constitution was that of a man who was incrementally dying. He was sick with rheums and aches and lung congestions, he tilted against chairs and counters and walls, in cold weather he limped with a cane. He coughed incessantly when lying down, his clever mind was often in conflict, insomnia stained his eye sockets like soot, he seemed in a state of mourning. He counteracted the smell of neglected teeth with licorice and candies, he browned his graying hair with dye, he camouflaged his depressions and derangements with masquerades of extreme cordiality, courtesy, and good will toward others. — Ron Hansen

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues. — Nancy Gibbs

The generation into which I was born was tedious. — Oscar Wilde

I unloaded planes for UPS in Louisville, Kentucky. It only was bad because it was called 'Earn to Learn,' where you pay for your tuition for college, but you have to work graveyard shift - midnight to eight A.M. - and then go to school at nine or 10 A.M. I was a zombie after two semesters. — Boyd Holbrook

Unfortunately I don't live by a Target now, so I just go to a regular Starbucks as opposed to a Starbucks nested inside a Target, which is my ideal situation. That works out for me. I like that white noise, those interruptions, and the people around me. — Diablo Cody

The universe reveals its secrets to those that dare to follow their hearts. — Ralph Smart

Recognition of the harm that patriarchy has caused to people and the planet does not mean that men are wrong and women are right; rather it is a call for new organizational forms and for relishing gender differences within a context of equality. — Elizabeth Lesser

The quickest way to experiencing the peace inside, is to learn to recognize when I am not at peace. — James Patrick McDonald

I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months. — Jack Nance

It's not just a sunset; it's a moonrise too. — P.C. Cast