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Talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. — George Hanson · 1969You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get. — Del Griffith · 1987Being oneself2 quotes
I never wanted to be anybody else. — Wyatt · 1969You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get. — Del Griffith · 1987The man2 quotes
They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em. — George Hanson · 1969Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em. — George Hanson · 1969Alcohol1 quote
I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. — Maya Randall · 2004America1 quote
You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it. — George Hanson · 1969American decline1 quote
You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it. — George Hanson · 1969American ideals1 quote
For the good old American life: for the money, for the glory, and for the fun...mostly for the money. — Bandit · 1977Cities1 quote
It doesn't make any difference what city, all cities are alike. That's why I'm out here now. — Stranger on Highway · 1969Connecting with others1 quote
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool. — Lester Bangs · 2000Crime1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Feeling alive1 quote
Wide awake. I don't ever remember feeling this awake. You know what I mean? Everything looks different. — Thelma · 1991Freedom1 quote
Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em. — George Hanson · 1969High school1 quote
You know Marcel Proust? Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he's also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he uh...he gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you're 18, ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss. I mean high school? High school, those are your prime suffering years. You don't get better suffering than that. — Frank (Little Miss Sunshine) · 2006Individualism1 quote
I never wanted to be anybody else. — Wyatt · 1969Learning from suffering1 quote
You know Marcel Proust? Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he's also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he uh...he gets down to the end of his life, and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, those were the best years of his life, 'cause they made him who he was. All those years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn't learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you're 18, ah, think of the suffering you're gonna miss. I mean high school? High school, those are your prime suffering years. You don't get better suffering than that. — Frank (Little Miss Sunshine) · 2006Life of crime1 quote
I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit. — Thelma · 1991Losers1 quote
A real loser is somebody who's so afraid of not winning they don't even try. — Edwin Hoover · 2006Love1 quote
Love...is not a big enough word. It's not a big enough word for how I feel about my wife. — Del Griffith · 1987Marriage1 quote
Love...is not a big enough word. It's not a big enough word for how I feel about my wife. — Del Griffith · 1987Personal integrity1 quote
Talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. — George Hanson · 1969Pursuing women1 quote
Fuck a lot of women, kid. I have no reason to lie to you. Not one woman, a lotta women. — Edwin Hoover · 2006Relationships1 quote
Love...is not a big enough word. It's not a big enough word for how I feel about my wife. — Del Griffith · 1987Running away1 quote
It doesn't make any difference what city, all cities are alike. That's why I'm out here now. — Stranger on Highway · 1969Sarcasm1 quote
Sarcasm is losers trying to bring winners down to their level. — Richard Hoover · 2006Sex1 quote
Fuck a lot of women, kid. I have no reason to lie to you. Not one woman, a lotta women. — Edwin Hoover · 2006Stories1 quote
You know everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. — Neal Page · 1987Taking a different path1 quote
I never wanted to be anybody else. — Wyatt · 1969The system1 quote
They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em. — George Hanson · 1969Wine1 quote
I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. — Maya Randall · 2004Winners and losers1 quote
A real loser is somebody who's so afraid of not winning they don't even try. — Edwin Hoover · 2006