"Why do you think the old stories tell……" — Henry Rollins
"Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort."
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476 Quotes by Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins has 476 quotes on this site.
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It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift.…
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Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the…
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Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.
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I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don't already…
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People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to…
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Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.
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The Ninja, as you know, operates by stealth. And so, case in point: I put out records... no one hears…
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I got three letters today telling me that I'm god. Why can't I pay the rent?
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Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.
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Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an…
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It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.
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When was the last time you wanted to say it all to the right person To have it all come…
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
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We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure…
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Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can…
— Julian Assange
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
— Chinua Achebe
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
— Charles Babbage
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I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose…
— Peter Ackroyd
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
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Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work…
— James A. Baldwin
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to…
— James A. Baldwin
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Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful…
— Johnny Ball
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
— Roger Bannister
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