Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it. "
Henry Rollins
You
Anything
Buy
Related Quotes:
" Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged for a bucketing by many of their fans but actually got one from the band's guitar player, Tom Morello. "
Henry Rollins
Rage
Band
Doing
" I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others. "
Henry Rollins
Think
Lift
Own
" In my many trips to South Africa, I have met and spoken to a lot of people there, and they all seem to find apartheid as repellent as you would. "
Henry Rollins
People
Africa
You
" Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us? "
Henry Rollins
Equality
Marriage
Care
" I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation. "
Henry Rollins
Pride
Too Much
Good
" I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine. "
Henry Rollins
Own
Like
Feeling
" Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me. "
Henry Rollins
Me
I Am
Music
" More and more, journalism seems to have hopped out of Truth's pocket and crept into another. "
Henry Rollins
Out
Journalism
More
" It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements. "
Henry Rollins
Only
Brutality
Deliver
" To this day, my haircut is the number two clippers, which I apply to myself every month. "
Henry Rollins
Haircut
Day
Two
" I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave. "
Henry Rollins
Always
Leave
Get
" I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. "
Henry Rollins
Politics
Things
Think
" Republicans just can't help themselves. They get in front of a live microphone and within a few sentences are rocketing down the swiftest and most direct route to the all-you-can-eat comedian-and-talk-show-host buffet. "
Henry Rollins
Just
Live
Within
" When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise. "
Henry Rollins
Out
You
Disguise
" The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully. "
Henry Rollins
Down
Me
Slow
" Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphoric, emerging from planes, their journey at an end, and the determined, about to depart. "
Henry Rollins
Gathering
End
Journey
" If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations. "
Henry Rollins
Work
Because
Than
" I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. "
Henry Rollins
Need
My Own
Left
" The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders gets in front of a microphone. Misogynist is as misogynist does. The GOP and its bloviating pundits don't like women and they are unable to hide it, nor do they seem to make much attempt to do so. "
Henry Rollins
Time
Like
More
" The truth is an anti-war statement in itself. "
Henry Rollins
Truth Is
Anti-War
Statement
" No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move. "
Henry Rollins
Matter
How
Rough
" August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer. "
Henry Rollins
Spring
Summer
Listening
" I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool. "
Henry Rollins
Honest
Mind
Boss
" If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America. "
Henry Rollins
You
Pay
Products
" I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered. "
Henry Rollins
People
Think
Place
" Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started. "
Henry Rollins
Started
Me
Food
" I love to go on stage and sing. "
Henry Rollins
Stage
I Love
Love
" Harmony is boring. "
Henry Rollins
Boring
Harmony
" One person's disaster is another person's talking point. "
Henry Rollins
Point
Disaster
Person
" Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. "
Henry Rollins
Without
Now
Nothing