Jodorowsky El Topo Quotes & Sayings

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. — Peter Singer

When I brought 'El Topo' to New York, no one understood the picture. But John Lennon understood. John and Yoko Ono, they presented 'El Topo' in the United States; they introduced it. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

'Santa Sangre' is the picture I love the best, myself, because 'El Topo' and 'The Holy Mountain' I made with my head, and 'Santa Sangre' I made with my feelings, with my heart. It's an emotional picture. And it's more real for me, that picture. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

If you are great, El Topo is a great picture. If you are limited, El Topo is limited. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

Civilizations ... cannot flourish if they are beset with troublesome infections of mistaken beliefs. — Harry G. Frankfurt

Onething i have learnt is that parents should treat their kids in a way they would love in return, because growing up litteraly makes you a kid again. you will get it too. — Mohlalefi J Motsima

During my early years, I thought I might be a musician. Like most kids, I didn't do what my parents wanted me to do. They were gung-ho that all their kids become actors. They loved showbiz so much. I am a product of nepotism, basically. — Jeff Bridges

Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential. — Thomas Watson Jr.

The mole is an animal that digs passages searching for the sun. Sometimes he reaches the surface. When he looks at the sun he goes blind. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

He was right here and nowhere to be found. — Jonathan Tropper

If you don't like what you're getting back in life, take a look at what you're putting out. — Pam Dreyer

He presses his palm against my heart. And no one else deserves to be inside you if they can't get there through here first. — Colleen Hoover

A person is not the same in his life at all times. Your consciousness is developing all the time. When I started making 'El Topo,' I was one person. When I finished that picture, I was another person. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

Push away the past, that vessel in which all emotions curdle to regret. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

There were so many stories about Bing's daughter living in sin. We weren't hurting anyone. We were living in love. I couldn't understand why people were trying to hurt us and hurt our families. — Mary Crosby