Bad Ass Quotes - Page 9

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

Viktor Petrenko and I met at a competition, where I beat him completely accidentally. I felt so embarrassed in front of my idol.

My main competitor is myself.

Instead of looking in the mirror and focusing on your flaws, look in the mirror and appreciate your best features... everyone has them.

We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.

I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Design is where science and art break even.

The problem was, I was labeled as trouble - so I was like, 'Trouble? I'll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here it is!' No matter what label they give you, the best thing you can do is prove them wrong.

But we have to understand why we do what we do, not just do what we do. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

That's the kinda dude I was lookin fo & yes you'll get slapped if you lookin hoe

If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.

I bizarrely think that this [Sin City] is the perfect date movie. If a guy took me on a date to see this movie, I would marry him, for sure. It's bad-ass chicks and rad dudes, who are sexy, all over the place, and there's so much cool action.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.

The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.

I hope you're all Republicans.

I wish I'd drunk more champagne.

The events of human life, whether public or private, are so intimately linked to architecture that most observers can reconstruct nations or individuals in all the truth of their habits from the remains of their monuments or from their domestic relics.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?

Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart problems. In her case, the much more likely cause is the elephant on her chest. For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. That is the elephant. Until the playing field has veen leveled and lingering stereotypes are gone, you can't even ask the question.

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.