“Tennessee’s a brother to my sister Carolina where they’re gonna bury me.”
— Ryan Adams, ‘Let it Ride’
Category Archives: Quoted
Cannon
“Remember who has the cannon.”
— Merlin Mann on Back to Work #183
Talent
“Just because you haven’t found your talent yet, doesn’t mean you don’t have one.”
Being
“You need to build an ability to just be yourself and not be doing something. That’s what the phones are taking away, is the ability to just sit there. That’s being a person. ”
Refocus
“Because if there is anything that I have learned in this pursuit: it is that one must first feel the freedom of time before they can gain any sense of focus.”
Gifted
“Playing one character at a time, for months on end, didn’t properly exploit Williams’ unique gift of being everyone at once.”
Stay Alive
“But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
— Robin Williams as ‘John Keating’ in Dead Poets Society
Squandered
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
Can’t Lose
“Clear eyes, full heart. Can’t lose.”
— ‘Coach Taylor’ in Friday Night Lights
Ending Badly
“Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.”
— Tom Cruise as Brian Flanagan in Cocktail