Quotes about yourself (16 Quotes)


    Well, Adam (Sandler) just wanted me to play myself. He said 'Come on, no one has ever seen that.' So he would actually come on the set and say, 'No, no, no, no ... Come on ... No, no, no, no. Just be yourself.' (I) have a tendency to want to be goofy.


    There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

    'When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,' said Piglet at last, 'what's the first thing you say to yourself' 'What's for breakfast' said Pooh. 'What do you say, Piglet' 'I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today' said Piglet . Pooh nodded thoughtfully. 'It's the same thing,' he said. 'What's that' the Unbeliever asked. 'Wisdom from the Western Taoist,'I said. 'It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh,' he said. 'It is,' I said. 'That's not about Taoism,' he said. 'Oh, yes it is,' I said.'




    I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him

    He's going to play the game the way he always has. I did tell him, 'Yes, let's take it easy and let's try not to kill yourself.' But the bottom line is he's an athlete and he's going to be an athlete. You can't control that. He's going to play the game the way he knows how to play the game.


    When I did suit back up and put the Superlatives together, I had a lot of trouble in my mind following ( The Pilgrim ). I was doing a session one day with Cash, and I said, 'You've made lots of brilliantly deep records that weren't on anybody's radar except yours. I'm having a tough time following this Pilgrim thing.' He said, 'The only thing I can tell you is that your next record has to come out of your heart like that one did, or it's just a wasted work. Once you make a record like that, you can't go back and live with yourself.' And he was right.


    We're really big horror movie fans too, ... And we always wanted to film a horror movie called 'Camp Kill Yourself' one day if we ever got the money. Who knows Maybe we'll do it one day.

    'I was saying,' continued the Rocket, 'I was saying What was I saying' 'You were talking about yourself,' replied the Roman Candle. 'Of course I knew I was discussing some interesting subject when I was so rudely interrupted.'

    I've noticed that a lot of people consider 'finding yourself' to be a really frivolous and unproductive study. I'm not sure why. Everything important in life really seems to get down-played so children can be encouraged to join the rat race and make as much money as possible, instead of being told that they should be happy first.

    The Grateful Dead gave birth to punk rock in more ways than we realize. That whole concept of 'Do It Yourself,' giving the finger to The Man, that backlash to the '60s.




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