Action Quotes

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

"Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand."

"The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well."

"But did thee feel the earth move?"

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

"We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand."

"Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it."

"When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?"

"Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell."

"I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter."

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

"Grown men do not need leaders."

"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."

"I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction."

"I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record."

"Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch."