J.M.W. Turner Quotes

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.

I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry.

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

I expected to have one husband and seven babies. Instead I had seven husbands and one living baby.

Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest.

I guess there were fewer differences between me and social psychologists than between me and other people in general

I stand for all people even if it causes me political heartburn - and I'm going to do that no matter what my future holds.

We're definitely going to hell. But we'll have all the best stories to tell

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny

Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. Well, roll my breakfast cause I'm a hungry man.

I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons.

Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.

As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

Every action or inaction has an impact-good or bad-upon our surroundings, and anything we do today will have an impact on the lives of our grandchildren.

I just love it when people say I can't do it, there's nothing that makes me feel better because all my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

I think each thing in a way acts as a stepping - stone for whatever the next thing is.

I used to fancy Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I didnt tell him that when we worked together on Another Me.

I don't wanna spend the whole of my life indoors, laying low and waiting on the next storm. I don't wanna spend the whole of my life inside, I wanna step out and face the sunshine.

I won't sit down And I won't shut up And most of all I will not grow up

Love is about all the changes you make, and not just three small words

Determine your future now by taking hold of every opportunity.

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

Like a one eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.

I don't remember yesterday. Today it rained.

I believe it to my soul that you're the devil in nylon hose, for the harder I worker the faster my money goes.

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs

People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.

I've come to recognize songwriting as something that I do, and I want to be good at that. At that craft, if you like. I want to practice it.

There's no point in really making something if it doesn't appeal to a lot of people or the masses or if it's not seen by a lot of people.

You can't beat a love triangle.

Physical strength in a woman - thats what I am.

I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.

Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.

Oh, heart, let's never grow too old To smile anew, when Christmas comes, At tassels red and tinsel thread, And tarlatan bags f sugarplums.

I dream of land, cut only where streams glistened with birdsong wander through quiet hills burnt hard by the scrape of wind, and of a porch from which a single road leads only homeward.

I'm a woofer, not a tweeter; a writer, not a telegrapher; an essayist, not an aphorist.

I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if you're white, they name it rock'n'roll. So, I don't give a... You know.

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.

To succeed you have to be innovative.

In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious