Abbie Quotes

The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Life actors never rehearse and need no script. A life actor uses only what is available, nothing more, nothing less. ~ Abbie Hoffman

All my girlhood I always planned to do something big ... something constructive. It's queer what ambitious dreams a girl has when she is young. I thought I would sing before big audiences or paint lovely pictures or write a splendid book. I always had that feeling in me of wanting to do something worth while. And just think, Laura ... now I am eighty and I have not painted nor written nor sung."
"But you've done lots of things, Grandma. You've baked bread ... and pieced quilts ... and taken care of your children."
Old Abbie Deal patted the young girl's hand. "Well ... well ... out of the mouths of babes. That's just it, Laura, I've only baked bread and pieced quilts and taken care of children. But some women have to, don't they? ... But I've dreamed dreams, Laura. All the time I was cooking and patching and washing, I dreamed dreams. And I think I dreamed them into the children ... and the children are carrying them out ... doing all the things I wanted to and couldn't. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich

My mother's dying and may not live through the week. So, yes, I'd rather die trying to save her than live with the guilt of wondering if I could have. If you can't understand caring that much for someone you love then you're one coldhearted bastard. (Abbie) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Love was a thing to be treasured, not tossed around from one person to the next. ~ Abbie Duncan

Wishing is for things you can't get on your own. Wanting is for things you can. ~ Abbie Zanders

Abbie Hoffman's inspiration was, in a sense, inadvertent. I wanted to do something to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Woodstock at the time, and it just happened that Abbie died the same year. Hoffman was always an inspiration to me, for his activism and execution of that activism, and any of his books will give you a guide and a map to creating almost anything, if you apply it to what it is you want to do. ~ Richard Cotovsky

I live a normal life. ~ Abbie Cornish

Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual. ~ Abbie Hoffman

I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving. ~ Abbie Cornish

In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick! ~ Abbie Hoffman

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information. ~ Abbie Hoffman

And so they discussed it seriously, Abbie who knew that one may laugh with a child but at him, and Laura, who knew that Grandma was one unfailing source of sympathy and understanding in a world which was beginning to be critical. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich

I love it when I meet a woman who was poor as a child and maybe had an abusive family, and broke out and found the one and they're married with a very healthy home and children, and they've let go of regret and their past and decided to embrace their journey and what that stands for. ~ Abbie Cornish

Will laughed. 'You're quite a dreamer, Abbie-girl.'
Abbie did not laugh. She was suddenly very sober. 'You have to, Will.' She said it a little vehemently. 'You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of ideal before you. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. ~ Abbie Hoffman

If they had met on different grounds, he may have been able to help her. Now all he could do was hope they reached the end with as little blood shed as possible. ~ Abbie Chandler

I had an amazing childhood. ~ Abbie Cornish

I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back. ~ Abbie Cornish

What are you, like a rent-a-white-knight? (Abbie) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Abbie wondered why she was even bothering to stay alive, when she was evidently so gullible and pathetic and pointless. The only thing that stopped her taking an overdose was, she couldn't be bothered. ~ Jill Mansell

The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list. ~ Abbie Hoffman

I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Wouldn't you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It's a great thrill. It's an honor. It's a compliment. It's fun. I'm enjoying every minute of it! ~ Abbie Hoffman

I read everything I could find: books and online. Sometimes bigger revelations came to me through finer details or something that you wouldn't pick up just by surface reading. ~ Abbie Cornish

I'm very passionate. ~ Abbie Cornish

I think it's really important to live in the moment. ~ Abbie Cornish

Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock? ~ Abbie Hoffman

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, "We want it now, in our lifetime. " We want to see apartheid in South Africa come down right now. We want to see the war in Central America stop right now. We want the CIA off our campus right now. We want an end to sexual harassment in our communities right now. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now. ~ Abbie Hoffman

I'm not going to look back. 'Don't look back, something might be gaining on you.' I don't have anything specific in mind. I want to do what comes my way. No plans, no idea, I believe in things happening organically. Right now the plan is to wrap things up - we've got one more Abbie Hoffman Fest to put together - whatever happens after that is unknown. I'm not going to push anything beyond passive behavior. ~ Richard Cotovsky

It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one. ~ Abbie Hoffman

She thought of her younger days, - the gleam which seemed always ahead, - of the vague allure which accomplishing something in the arts had always held for her. And now she was nearly fifty and she was not to know the fruition of any of those hopes.
"Oh Will, I am so disappointed," she said to that invisible comrade who was only spirit and memory. "I can only feel those things, - not do them."
Isn't motherhood, itself, an accomplishment?
She knew that she made her own answer, and yet it gave her a sense of satisfaction and peace. Will might said it. It sounded like him.
"But I've made so many mistakes ... Will ... even in that."
You are a good mother, Abbie-girl."
Yes, it gave her a sense of peace and comfort. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich

For a moment, I'm speechless.
It's the first time in three years anyone has ever met me without that look of pity on their face. The first time anyone has ever looked at me and not seen me. The first time anyone has stood before me – with perfectly normal legs – and complained about their own problem.
The feeling is exhilarating. ~ Abbie Emmons

My broken heart needed privacy to grieve. Hearts don't realize they've been lied to, they still love anyway."

Amanda Hardy - Just for Now ~ Abbie Glines

Everybody has their secrets; everybody has their dark side. ~ Demitria Lunetta

Abbie, I had no idea what this would be. You have to believe I didn't know it was you I was looking for. This, us, it means everything to me. I didn't expect this. ~ Kate Stewart

I didn't actually know what a vegetarian was until I was 13 years old. I know in this day and age it's hard to believe that, but I think because I grew up on a farm, I wasn't indulged in magazines, newspapers, Internet, television. And so, for some reason, I was never exposed to what a vegetarian was. ~ Abbie Cornish

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning! ~ Abbie Hoffman

She's had so little love, Jesse thought, I will drown her in it for the rest of her life. ~ LaVyrle Spencer

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Abbie had learned a thing or two about hospitals during her three-day stay. She'd learned that when someone said, "This will only hurt a little bit," what he really meant was, "Nothing ever hurt this bad." She'd learned that the steel instruments they touched you with were cold, as if they kept them in the freezer. She'd learned that when you felt well enough for a soda, they brought you too little. She'd learned that there were rules for everything, including when people could come see you, and who could come see you, and what you could wear, and what time you had to get up. She'd learned that people in hospitals could Pass Away. ~ Chet Williamson

Weston is everything
And all at once.
Weston is gentle
And harsh.
Weston can be blindingly bright
But then he can also be
Delicately soft.
Weston is a paradox. ~ Abbie Emmons

Girl with a pie, I'll call it. It's almost like guy with an axe, if you squint hard enough. ~ Charlotte Stein

There are so many different ways to develop a character - physically, mentally, spiritually and all of that - but the research was really beautiful. I love the process of finding characters because, in the beginning, it's really unknown, and then, by the end of it, all of a sudden, you're walking and talking like that character. ~ Abbie Cornish

Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock? ~ Abbie Hoffman

Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Fucking sympathy. Give him anger. Give him fear. Give him fuzzy-assed unicorns that shit glitter and gold-- just don't give him sympathy. Sympathy sucked a giant sack. ~ Abbie Roads

Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking. ~ Abbie Cornish

Take some advice from an old woman, Abbie. There's no such thing as a wrong decision. You make your choices in life based on the cards played to you and your emotions at the time. Whatever will be will be, you can't change fate.' 'Thank ~ Charlotte Fallowfield

I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things 'cause they're fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time. ~ Abbie Cornish

* If your reality doesn't match where you want to be, you need to change your beliefs and get out of your comfort zone. ~ Abbie Widin

When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF - which I do - but because I have long hair. ~ Abbie Hoffman

What's got your jockstrap in a wad? (Abbie) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful. ~ Abbie Hoffman

I wasn't interested in fame or fortune. I was interested in being an actor and being creative. I was very adamant about that. ~ Abbie Cornish

Go to sleep now, Abbie. I'll go to sleep with you, and dream my blackbird is gone, too. You looked up at me, and it went away. For a little while, I swear, it went away. ~ Charlotte Stein

Because I don't have a child and as much as you can sort of imagine it it's always nice to hear from all different walks of life what motherhood is like and what that feels like. And particularly young mothers. ~ Abbie Cornish

Blood always weighed the heaviest when it belonged to someone else. ~ Abbie Chandler

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important. ~ Abbie Hoffman

I love people who really turn their lives around. I think it's such a wonderful human trait. ~ Abbie Cornish

I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti. ~ Abbie Cornish

Ou just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point. ~ Abbie Hoffman

People are not fat and sick because they choose to eat conventionally produced produce over organic. It's because they are not eating fruits and vegetables. ~ Abbie Jaye

Making a movie is, for me, like painting. I just enjoy the care that goes into every brushstroke and the choice of every color. I enjoy the intensity of it. ~ Abbie Cornish

Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent. ~ Abbie Hoffman

The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a
commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Apart from the obvious psychological problems, he's the perfect man. ~ Charlotte Stein

Attending a snooty party meant wearing shoes designed by sadistic trolls and dressing to compete with women born to make fashion statements.' (Abbie) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family. ~ Abbie Cornish

He felt the imaginary weight of shackles press against his soul. He bound himself to her once more. ~ Abbie Chandler

To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences. ~ Abbie Cornish

If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good. ~ Abbie Hoffman

And, actually, I was feeling pretty good at the time. My brothers were like individual rays of sunshine that had come crashing into my room to drive out the fragments of Despair. For a few minutes, everything was golden. And everything was okay. ~ Abbie Emmons

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. ~ Abbie Hoffman

A female's career as an actor is very different from a male's career as an actor. That's just the way it is. So, I'm fascinated by really strong male careers that have inspired me, and also really incredible male roles. ~ Abbie Cornish

I love love stories, no matter how dark. ~ Abbie Cornish

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. ~ Abbie Hoffman

That Abbie is such a freaking brat who doesn't know anything! My William is wasting away in that castle and that stuck up, self-righteous cow doesn't even care because now she's just all ooooo, Peter I love you! Well I don't love Peter and he's a jerk. Let's go bust down the door!" She sat back and calmly pushed her hair from her face, "Now would you get me a soda? ~ Gwenn Wright

A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument. ~ Abbie Cornish

You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire. ~ Abbie Hoffman

She writhed between him and the door and he moved his mouth to her ear, whispering hoarsely, Abbie, I'm going to take you to that bed and make love to you like you never imagined you'd be made love to again. ~ LaVyrle Spencer

Lay off the needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. ~ Abbie Hoffman

But trust me, men are never worth it. Behind every great man is a woman who gave up on greatness and tied herself into an apron. Romance is for saps, Abbie. You're sharp and you've got pluck. Don't waste it. ~ William Ritter

I don't want to be known for winning the game, I want to be remembered for how I played it." Abbie St. Claire ~ Abbie St. Claire

I want to taste you in every way a man can taste a woman, savor you on my tongue and swallow. I'm dying to know what you sound like moaning my name. I'm fucking dying, Abbie, just to kiss you. But I can wait. I will wait. I will wait as long as it takes. ~ Kate Stewart

It's embarrassing ... you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List. ~ Abbie Hoffman

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce. ~ Abbie Hoffman

Borys had volunteered to save Hunter the trouble. Hunter had threatened Borys the trouble of breathing if (he) got near Abbie when she had no clothes on.' (Abbie) ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had. ~ Abbie Cobb

On New Year's Eve, I am home to the Future. I wait to hear her ring the doorbell of the world.

1922 ~ Abbie Graham

I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle. ~ Abbie Cornish

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral. ~ Abbie Hoffman

In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist. ~ Abbie Cornish

Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburgers. ~ Abbie Hoffman

For some reason little Laura Deal continued to be Abbie's favorite grandchild. The little girl answered Abbie's deep love for her with an affection equally sincere, - or perhaps it was the other way. Perhaps the fact that Laura held such admiration for her grandnmother enkindled its answer in Abbie's heart. From the time Laura was five she had brought her grandmother little stories of her own composition. Abbie had them all in safe keeping, just as she had everything else which had ever come into her possession. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich