Originals Quotes & Sayings

Many strange-looking people obviously dress according to deep convictions that are not shared by on-lookers - they clearly do not know how they actually look, but are satisfied with what their clothes make them feel and believe about their looks. These people may be the true originals, even though they are certainly not the best appreciated. The famous messages of dress, the well-known language of clothes, is very often not doing any communicating at all; a good deal of it is a form of private muttering. — Anne Hollander

Be yourself, because an original is better than a copy. — Greyson Chance

There is nothing original; all is reflected light. — Honore De Balzac

There are more copies than originals among people. — Pablo Picasso

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: 'Anthem,' by Ayn Rand; '1984,' by George Orwell; or 'Brave New World,' by Aldous Huxley. — Sara Shepard

It is a terrible thing when it is the substitute that is sent to find a new life, a sign that a person yearns for change but cannot imagine creating it herself....
If scapegoats feel pain, it is only the delegated pain of their originals. — Shelley Jackson

His drawings were not originals then, only copies. He must have been doing them as a sort of retirement hobby, he was an incurable amateur and enthusiast; if he'd become hooked (on these rock paintings) he would have combed the area for them, collecting them with his camera, pestering experts by letter whenever he found one; an old man's delusion of usefulness. — Margaret Atwood

Born originals, how comes it to pass that we die copies? That meddling ape imitation, as soon as we come to years of indiscretion, (so let me speak,) snatches the pen, and blots out nature's mark of separation, cancels her kind intention, destroys all mental individuality. The lettered world no longer consists of singulars: it is a medley, a mass; and a hundred books, at bottom, are but one. — Edward Young

You are the architect of your own life. — Henry Thomas Hamblin

The circulation of commodities is the original precondition of the circulation of money. — Karl Marx

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. — Tommy Shaw

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals. — Sebastian Bach

Perhaps the most serious obstacle impeding the evolution of a land ethic is the fact that our educational and economic system is headed away from, rather than toward, an intense consciousness of land. Your true modern is separated from the land by many middlemen, and by innumerable physical gadgets. He has no vital relation to it; to him it is the space between cities on which crops grow. Turn him loose for a day on the land, and if the spot does not happen to be a golf links or a "scenic" area, he is bored stiff. If crops could be raised by hydroponics instead of farming, it would suit him very well. Synthetic substitutes for wood, leather, wool, and other natural land products suit him better than the originals. In short, land is something he has "outgrown — Aldo Leopold

When I hire musicians, I look for that first: every time they sit down do they go for it, you know? And do they try to learn the music and try to get inside the song whatever the tune is? Whether it's my originals or someone else's, it's just whether or not they're gonna play their hearts out, first and foremost. — Mike Stern

Existence creates only originals; it does not believe in carbon copies. A — Osho

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. — John James Audubon

I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling. — David Hewson

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. — Joseph Addison

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it. — Sonakshi Sinha

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker

Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale imitations of the originals. One exception is Australian Riesling, delicious, dry wines meant to be consumed in their first two years of life. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

God is not a duplicator, He is a Creator. You are an original! — Reinhard Bonnke

The premise of 'The Originals' are places that have been open 50, 60, 75, 100 years or longer that are still doing it right that maybe a lot of people, particularly the younger generations, have not even thought about. — Emeril Lagasse

Classics are constantly being re-imagined and transformed, and the originals are none the worse for it; they endure. — Robert Gottlieb

People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals. — George Cukor

Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when he came to compare them with their originals, he was surprised to find that they were nothing for his purpose! the originals conveyed a quite contrary sense to that of the pretended quoters, who often, from innocent blundering, and sometimes from purposed deception, had falsified their quotations. This is an useful story for second-hand authorities! — Isaac D'Israeli

I thought it was too wacky for the general public. On his original opinion of his movie's chances for success, 1997. — George Lucas

Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic. — Carey Mulligan

There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original, — Paris Hilton

The other day, a doughnut shop in Portland called Pip's Originals tweeted me telling me that they named a doughnut after me called the 'Dirty Wu.' It is a cinnamon sugar doughnut drizzled with honey and Nutella. It was so good. I just won the Oscar in the sci-fi world. — Reggie Lee

It's all experience; not anything original — Francisco Moreno

The truth about people is that there are more fakes than originals. — Saleem Sharma

To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it. — Archie Shepp

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker. — Joni Mitchell

Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original. — William Friedkin

Originals by Adam Grant is one of the best books I've read on how to be more creative at work and how to think outside the box, sell your ideas, and make a difference. 10.YOUR CREATIVE LIFE. The War of Art by Steven — Vishen Lakhiani

The translation called good has original value as a work of art. — Benedetto Croce

I sometimes wish for the old days when audiences used to be ignorant of world cinema and our inspired works were seen as originals. — Yashvir Dalaya

The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature. — Shunryu Suzuki

The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition. — William Hazlitt

In my head, I consider 'No Turning Back' my 'dipping the toe in the water' album. It was mostly covers of favorite songs, and there were three originals in there. So, it feels like it was just my album to see what the temperature of the water was. — Imelda May

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work. — Robert W. Bly

As long as there's something original going on, that's all that matters. — Jeff Beck

God makes originals not carbon copies. It's okay to be inspired by someone, but be bold enough to be yourself. — Tony Gaskins

Imitations only better the original. — Sammy Davis Jr.

I don't view myself as outrageous - that's not the intention. Its to be more and more original. — Lady Gaga

Every spoof gives more power to the original. — Shepard Fairey

If we look round the world, there seem to be not above six distinct varieties in the human species, each of which is strongly marked, and speaks the kind seldom to have mixed with any other. But there is nothing in the shape, nothing in the faculties, that shows their coming from different originals; and the varieties of climate, of nourishment, and custom, are sufficient to produce every change. — Oliver Goldsmith

These two, I say, viz. external material things, as the objects of SENSATION, and the operations of our own minds within, as the objects of REFLECTION, are to me the only originals from whence all our ideas take their beginnings. — John Locke

Peace, like freedom, is no original state which existed from the start; we shall have to make it, in the truest sense of the word. — Willy Brandt

I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations. — George R R Martin

I owe as much of my success to an uncompromising obstinacy as to any original ideas. — Albert Einstein

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

One original thought is worth the sum total of human knowledge, because it advances the sum total of human knowledge by that one original thought. — Jacob Bronowski

So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and all other clubs try and imitate what the Hells Angels have already done. — Chuck Zito

Most expensive originals have cheap imitations. — Elfriede Jelinek

My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals. — Sarah Dessen

It is better to be good than to be original, — Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

I am sure that I am in possession of a soul that is at the very least, a thousand years old. And I say this not on a whim; I say this as someone who is sure of something, who is not thinking fancifully but who is thinking solidly and fully. So why is it that I am childlike and playful? There is only one answer to this, and that is, after existing for a very long time, one learns the skill of retaining childlikeness and the state of childlikeness, which is called playfulness. The immature are not childlike and they are not playful; rather, they are manipulative and insecure. Manipulation is the game of the immature and insecurity is their state of being. I'm saying this because I want to draw the great distinction in the sand very clearly. The older your soul becomes, the more childlike it will be in texture. But we only make playtime out of small and joyful things; there is no playtime when it comes to bravery, honesty, and trust. — C. JoyBell C.

Everyone can collect quotes, it's a bit different to write 10,000 original ones. — William C. Brown

Stigler's Law: No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. — George Stigler

Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully. — Ornette Coleman

I am always looking for what I think are original voices. — Lorne Michaels

Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind. — Patricia Briggs

Forgers can start with the same photographic images Warhol did, and sometimes knock off silkscreens only an expert can distinguish from the originals. — Michael Shnayerson

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can believe in originals only if you just don't know their context within literature. Certainly I believe in originality, but it lies with the teller, not the tale. — William Monahan

New writers seem to pop up from everywhere. And quite a few of them are really good and original. — Toni Jerrman

True creativity is fresh, but not always original. — Steven Furtick

We can all take pictures but not everyone can capture the beauty that's usually hidden in plain view ...
We can all open our mouth to sing but not everyone can melodically touch your soul ...
We can all pick up a pen to write but not everyone can write words in such a way that they leap off of the page for you ...
We can all part our lips to speak but not everyone can speak life into you ...
We can all move our bodies to a beat but not everyone can become one with music, stir emotions and shift energy with dance ...
Point is: WE CAN all do something but Know your gifts, cultivate them and ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE YOURSELF! Then working together becomes effortless. Copies aren't accepted everywhere ... ORIGINALS are eventually required! — Sanjo Jendayi

Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death. — David Cronenberg

Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness. — Kenneth Clark

Be yourself. An original is always worth more than a copy. — Suzy Kassem

The reason why people don't get called back to sequels is because they did badly in the original [movie]. — Omari Hardwick

I find that with fantasy, you lose yourself in it a lot. It's great to be able to go into a dark theater or turn off the lights in your house and just get sucked into this world. I remember watching Star Wars when I was a little kid when they did the re-release of all the originals. I couldn't even read yet but my uncle took me and he would read me the opening as the words were coming up on the screen. I just remember being so sucked into that and thinking, "I want to be Luke Skywalker." — Austin Butler

The truly original artist invents his own signs. — Henri Matisse

My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime. — George Soros

We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies? — Edward Young

It's great to be paid, but it's better to do something original that's going to be memorable. — Jon Gries

Rawhide Down is full of spectacular, original reporting. — Bob Woodward

How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals. — Blaise Pascal

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. — Alexis De Tocqueville

direct from the originals. — Leonardo Da Vinci

I told all of our original investors that they would lose their money for sure. — Jeff Bezos

Louis Maistros has an original and dark vision, full of power. — Douglas Clegg

It is always better to be an original than an imitation. — Theodore Roosevelt

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise. — James Russell Lowell

Many have original minds who do not think it - they are led away by custom! — John Keats

Never refer to your wedding night as the original amateur hour. — Phyllis Diller

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. — Warren Zevon

Disobedience is man's original virtue. — Oscar Wilde

In sinners and repenters you have the original division of labor. — Robert Breault

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books ... — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The first scene I shot on The Originals was the one with Phoebe, Charles (Michael Davis), and Andy Lees when we are plotting our plan and surveying the map and plotting our grand "break in." It was a relatively light scene which was nice because I was able to warm up a bit and get comfortable with being around the new crew. They were all very kind and helpful and I felt pretty at home after a few takes. — Paul Wesley

My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it. — John Lennon

The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They're the originals. When people say that's your roots, that's literally my roots. I've just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing. But the roots are there. — Russell Peters

We must be alarmingly enterprising, and we must be startlingly original, and do new and striking things which constitute a revolution. — William Randolph Hearst

There are people who are originals and the stuff they make really is new. It isn't based on anything else. But I've decided I'm not that-I was never that. My abilities are to synthesize a wide range of references and ideas into something that feels relatively unified and coherent. — Steven Soderbergh