D. J. Taylor Quotes

Living alone, you can do so many fantastic things I've learned. You can like, walk around and have so many conversations with yourself and sing your thoughts. I think I'm the only one that does that.

Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence

Nobody gives you an education. If you want one, you have to take it.

The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.

National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people.

Adherence to men, is often disloyalty to principles.

A little bait catches a large fish.

Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success.

Just keep doing 'you', and being who you are and doing what feels natural to you.

Something magic happens when I get to a club or get on stage.

Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings.

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.

Your heart is not wrong. Your heart is your strength. You don't have to be ashamed.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

There is the past, and there is the future. The present is never more than the single second dividing one from the other. We live poised on that second as it's hurtling forward-toward what?

The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.

You've got every right to a beautiful life

Live your life like you are 80 years old looking back on your teenage years

I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.

If it's not chocolate, it's not breakfast.

Honestly all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar.

New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.

I remember one tour with two male-fronted bands, and they had a fight over who could use the bathroom first. Then they just ended up having a beef with each other for the entire rest of the tour.

I think I'm a homebody. I don't talk to anyone. I sit at home, and no one asks me questions or I'm talking about goat noises.

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.

I have a knife collection. I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it. I close it and open it.

In football, you can always maim a person if you wanted to.

The NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything.

First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned.

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.

Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

I am more of a knobhead than an egghead but I will be gutted if I get beat.

I can see my ghost trying to get that Academy Award, forever stuck in a casting office. Can you imagine? I've spent enough time in audition rooms. I don't want to be doing that in my afterlife.

I love challenging myself, doing different things and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before. That's what I love about acting, and that's what I love about film.

Red Skelton... I broke into tears when I met him.

I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip.

Marty Richards is an angel on Earth. A producer that does what he says he'll do. He helped me greatly.

I've been lucky enough to be surrounded by close friends and family and they've definitely kept me grounded.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

I'm not doing my work for constant success.

It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.

I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town.

I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

I am proud to be an actor.

I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.