What was freely given to me, I freely give.
I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.
Everything is very black and white for me. I don’t really like playing mind games.
I feel like people are expecting me to fail; therefore, I expect myself to win.
And were an epitaph to be my story I’d have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.
I don’t give a damn what people say about me. I like me the way I am, and who cares what other people say?
To me, new friends, new genres, new person-to person chemistry is the DNA of EDM.
The workshop to me always means great atmosphere, working, smell of wood, dust and, at the end of the day, you’ve created something.
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
I’m learning to accept myself. I’m still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it’s been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.
Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
For me, any time I’m on the football field, that’s my comfort zone.
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.
To me, a forever love is a bond that can’t be broken.
I accept chaos, I’m not sure whether it accepts me.
If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
I have learned not to allow rejection to move me.
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive.
I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
To me, there’s no great chef without a great team.
Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
I just go where the guitar takes me.
Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It’s the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, ‘This is me, and I’m interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.’
I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way.
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
For me, music and life are all about style.
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
You will not tell me that you accept me. You will not tell me that you tolerate me. That is not your power. I take that from you. You will respect me for who I am.
I am overwhelmed by the love showered on me by my fans.
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.
If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’
Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.
They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn’t understand me.
Strangely enough, when the Sugababes’ ‘Freak Like Me’ went to number 1, which was built around my ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric’ song, I had another song called ‘Rip’ go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week.
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
My parents couldn’t give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I’ve definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.
My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what’s keeping my head above the water.
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
No damn man kills me and lives.
My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Eating good food is, to me, one of life’s greatest joys, and I will never punish myself for it.
I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.
Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
An award recognizing your talent is an honor. That matters a lot to me.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
You’ve got to have a villain and they’ll always make me a villain. I’m used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.
When I’m in the starting gate, it’s just me and the hill.
I detest jokes – when somebody tells me one, I feel my IQ dropping; the brain cells start to disappear. But something is funny when the person delivering the line doesn’t know it’s funny or doesn’t treat it as a joke. Maybe it comes from a place of truth, or it’s a sort of rage against society.
I’m proud of my hard work. Working hard won’t always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I’ve wanted that I haven’t always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.
When I was a kid, monsters made me feel that I could fit somewhere, even if it was… an imaginary place where the grotesque and the abnormal were celebrated and accepted.
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
