Marilyn Quotes
If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.
But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.
That becomes the revolution, to be idealistic enough that you think you can change the world, and what you find is you can't change anything but yourself.
For me, the key to longevity - and immortality, in a sense - has to do with transformation.
For me it's very important to express my thoughts, the pictures I carry inside of me, maybe because it's important to get them out.
If you die and enough people are watching, then you become a martyr, you become a hero, you become well-known.
Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.
They'll see it. And it doesn't matter if they don't. It's only Rock 'n' Roll. But I do intend to move more into the Mainstream. Marilyn Manson is just the First phase.
Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.
Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you
Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.
Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.
Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new.
English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.
Never forget that your role as a leader is to be a steward for future generations.
On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.
So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.
When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?
We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.
Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.