Quotes by Patrick Swayze

About Patrick Swayze:

Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. Having gained fame with appearances in films during the 1980s, Swayze became popular for playing tough guys and romantic lead males, gaining him a wide fan base with female audiences, and status as a teen idol and sex symbol.
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How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

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I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

Patrick Swayze

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.

Patrick Swayze

I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.

Patrick Swayze

I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people.I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen. That makes me sound like a believer and I’m not ne...

Patrick Swayze

Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again.

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Imagine you had a friend who was there for you all the time and you were there for them, but they stopped being there for you as much as they used to which you can understand a little because people have things to do, but then they’re around less a...

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But with your life you make a few bad decisions, get unlucky a few times, whatever, but you have to keep going, right?

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When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... it's a...

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As long as you're around, your life is too. So just as you shower love and affection and attention on the husbands, wives, parents, children and forever friends who surround you, you have to do so equally with your life, because it's yours, it's you,...

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I think what creates a winner is a person who can connect with their partner - another human being.. connect with their soul

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If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

Patrick Swayze

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.

Patrick Swayze

When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do.

Patrick Swayze

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

Patrick Swayze

I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.

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The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.

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Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

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What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.

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I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

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Author Bio

  • NamePatrick Swayze
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
  • AliasesPatrick Wayne Swayze
  • BornAugust 18, 1952
  • DiedSeptember 14, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Singer-songwriter; Actor; Dancer