Quotes of: Somebody Keyword

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Orison Swett Marden

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow...

Debbi Peterson

I'm not as angry as I used to be. But I can get in touch with that anger pretty quickly if I feel my space is being invaded or somebody is not treating me with the respect that I think I want.

Samuel L. Jackson

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

Joe Murray

If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.

Matthew Modine

In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

Quentin Tarantino

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

Richard Price

After a good run, my legs feel like Jell-O. Somebody get me a spoon and stick a fork in me.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.

The Art of Acting

Somebody dies and people eat your food. Funny how that works.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Never mumble some sarcastic shit to somebody who can obviously fuck you up.

Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood

Conflict of interest. I wanted to date somebody who was less screwed up than me, and she wasn't.

Just Dial 911 for Assistance

Do you realize how hard it is to keep your mind clear when somebody’s telling you to keep your mind clear?

Just Plain Weird

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

Killosophy

It's like somebody stuffed him in a barrel full of moonshine-proof cluelessness and then left him there to get pickled in it while it fermented into malice.

Random

Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don't. They don't care what he said. They listens because of what he is.

Requiem for a Nun

Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.

The Road to Oxiana

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

The Red Pyramid

You couldn't teach kindness, she thought. It was something you were born with. People either had it or they didn't.

Somebody Else's Daughter

There are some things in life that just are. They are meant to be, and to fight against them is to ensure your own loss.

Somebody I Used to Know