quotes about Ignoble

last updated: November 28, 2023

Confusion is not an ignoble condition
-- Brian Friel

Source : Brian Friel (2013). “Brian Friel Plays 1: Philadelphia, Here I Come!; The Freedom of the City; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations”, p.393, Faber & Faber

#Confusion Quotes #Ignoble Quotes

“I would dream of being a pro skater, but I never dreamt I'd be discovered by Lance Mountain and Stacey Peralta, who were two major heroes of mine, and be asked to skate for that team and be a part of their company.”
“I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.”

Source : "Manchin, NRA talking" by Manu Raju and John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. March 23, 2013.
“It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.”
“The East German manages to combine a Teutonic capacity for bureauracy with a Russian capacity for infinite delay”
“I just saw a girl who said she saw John Lennon walking down the street in New York wearing a button that said, "I love Paul.â€ She asked him: â€œWhy are you wearing an 'I love Paul' button?â€, and he said: â€œBecause I love Paul.”
“When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.”
“Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.”
“Stubbornness destroys good advice.”
“I just don't feel like I'm old. I still feel like I've got a lot of years, a lot to give in this game, and I'm able to do it because I love to work.”
“Like every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.”