"In a lot of places in the United……" — Viggo Mortensen
"In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism."
—
Viggo Mortensen
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
159 Quotes by Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen has 159 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on…
-
Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
-
We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher…
-
You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
-
To find a good story, you're generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn't mind…
-
You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.
-
In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy…
-
I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing…
-
I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark,…
-
As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer…
-
Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be…
-
I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine -…
See all 159 quotes by Viggo Mortensen »
More Cowboy Quotes
This quote is filed under Cowboy Quotes,
one of 288 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my…
— Michael Biehn
-
I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad…
— Orlando Bloom
-
I love the Cowboys in the early 90s. That was their heyday, winning all those Super bowls. Troy Aikman was…
— Drew Brees
-
I got a hat deal with Resistol, where I have my own line of cowboy hats.
— Jason Aldean
-
My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.
— Jenna Bush
-
I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with…
— James Caan
-
I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a…
— Jackie Chan
-
He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out…
— Jack Handey
-
I like to go to the frat house and drink with my white friends, because anytime you go drinking at…
— Aries Spears
-
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here are a few…
— George Carlin
-
The Cowboy's defense has more holes in it than Ronny Milsapp and Jose Feliciano after a game of lawn darts.
— Dennis Miller
-
Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.
— Steve Kanaly
See all 288 Cowboy Quotes »