The Grey Quotes

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar.

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.

I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day.

I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!

I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the music I have made. But there's a huge part of my personality that's really energetic, outgoing and goofy.

Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is.

There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing.

I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.

An angel once told me, "The inevitable consequence of love is the building of Temples."

I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.

Only when you're nervous do you get nasty.

That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me ‘Baby,’ and it didn't occur to me to mind.

TDF is more essential today than it was when it was first founded in 1968.

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

I felt I could become a performer who stood out, who challenged the way things were done and make it more creative and also encourage men and women to not be afraid of their sexuality.

I find it vulgar that people are so fascinated by natural disasters, and we allow footage of young people that are looting because they have no choice because of natural disaster.

Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart.

Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.

You have to live in a state of thinking your painting is good, or you couldn't do it.

It's difficult to paint every day, and people who say they do, probably don't; it's a very demanding thing.

People don't paint for the hell of it. It's a deeply seated thing - a preoccupation - the whole of one's life.

I like to work. I don't like to have lulls. I feel like it makes me lazy and uncreative, and that's when your ideas become stagnant.

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

Anybody that believes that Adrian Grenier's name is really Vince should probably watch less TV.

I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood.

The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.

Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

There are so many aspects of human sexuality that we're afraid to talk about, because people still don't understand it. It's not just black and white, you know?

I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this: There are plenty of people that I wish I could un-meet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome.

One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans.

Literally, I just love food and I like going to dinner with big groups of people so you can try everything.

I love being in a show. I love the community aspect of it. I like the discipline of it, too.

When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience and their showing their appreciation for your efforts.

Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.

What is writing but an expression of my own life?

My dad is really just lazy. He has nothing, I feel, to offer this world.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

The ideal Government minister may well be someone who has no itch to run other people's lives.

I'm not 18 anymore, so I'm not into starting unnecessary beefs. It's tacky.

Art can be a medium for people to discover universal spirit, with imagery not isolated to one particular wisdom path, but pointing to the underlying truth that they all transmit.