Tired Of Being The Bad Guy Quotes & Sayings

Every publisher or agent I've ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don't want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse. — Adrian McKinty

Never negotiate with kids. They don't have life experience, and they don't have repercussions for bad decisions; they still get fed and housed. — Gene Simmons

Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects. — Shigeru Miyamoto

Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service. — Joseph Hertz

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. — Alan Kay

I was reading Emily Dickinson and Edwin Arlington Robinson, but these weren't the poets that influenced me. I think Gwendolyn Brooks influenced me because she wrote about Chicago, and she wrote about poor people. And she influenced me in my life by giving me a blurb. I would see her in action, and she listened to every single person. She didn't say, "Oh, I'm tired. I gotta go." She was there, and present, with every single person. She's one of the great teachers. — Sandra Cisneros

The conclusion of design flows naturally from the data; we should not shrink from it; we should embrace it and build on it. — Michael Behe

I paint the spirit and soul of what I see. — Brian Froud

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing. — Junot Diaz

Some of the best moments in life are ones where the reality has been twisted out, and for those few beautiful tainted hours, reality has no place. The past, present, and future don't matter because you're in this black hole; escaping the death grip of reality and all the consequences it brings, and sometimes it only takes a small thing to pull you back to reality. — Simone Elise

These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people. — Elliott Carter

this absolute power of God over man is counterbalanced by the idea that man is God's potential rival. — Erich Fromm

The answer is simple: You are you, the person who will live with the consequences of what you do. No one else can be responsible, because no one else will experience the consequences of your actions as you will. — Harry Browne

It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves. — Lucy Lawless