Billie Letts Quotes

Our lives can change with every breath we take. ~ Billie Letts

Home gives you something no other place can ... your history. Home is where your history begins. ~ Billie Letts

Awake, she struggled to fill the hours until she could sleep again. But nothing she did made her feel whole. If she ate, she didn't taste the food. If she read, she couldn't remember the words. If she rested, she still felt tired ~ Billie Letts

The money The girl stiffened at something she heard in his voice, something jagged and sharp, like words torn by the blade of a knife. ~ Billie Letts

And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like clear crystals. ~ Billie Letts

You ever think about this? Every year you live, you pass the anniversary of your death. Now you don't know what day it is, of course. ~ Billie Letts

Never act like you want it, darlin'. Act like you wouldn't own it if they paid you. Tell them it's dirty, broken ... a useless thing. Then make an offer. ~ Billie Letts

A man can't love you because you haven't read as many books as he has? He can't love you because you don't speak French or because you don't go to operas? You're telling me we have to fall in love with people who are just like us? ~ Billie Letts

She always set three alarms for fear that the first employees to arrive would discover her sleeping - a Goldilocks without her bears ~ Billie Letts

You're dying right now. Right this minute.' He looked at his watch, said, 'Right this second,' then tapped it with his finger. 'See there? That second passed. It's gone. Not gonna come again. And while I'm talking to you, every second I'm talking, a second is passing. Gone. Count them up. Count them down. They're gone. Each one bringing you closer to your dying time. ~ Billie Letts

Remember this: change is brought about by good purpose. ~ Billie Letts

The boy, a ten-year-old copy of the man... ~ Billie Letts

Tell them that our lives can change with every breath we take. Lord, we both know that. Tell them to let go of what's gone because men like roger Briscoe never win. And tell them to hold on like hell to what they've got- each other, and a mother who would die for them, and almost did. ~ Billie Letts

Only Certain offered no enticements, for she knew nothing could ease the pain. Not books or photography or food. Not even love. ~ Billie Letts

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it. ~ Billie Jean King

Don't sweat the small stuff. It's good to let chaos take over and know in your heart that everything will be alright eventually." -Billie Joe Armstrong ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday. ~ Barbra Streisand

She's the Indian who lives in my attic. ~ Tracy Letts

I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time. ~ Billie Jean King

And when we pressed our heads to each other's hearts how did we not hear Carmen McRae singing? In Angela's fisted hands, Billie Holiday staggered past us and we didn't know her name. Nina Simone told us how beautiful we were and we didn't hear her voice. ~ Jacqueline Woodson

BILL: Please, sweetheart, we need to know what went on here. JEAN: Nothing "went on." Can we just not make a federal case out of everything? ~ Tracy Letts

George leaned to the right so that he could see her from behind his brother. "Shall I strangle him or will you?" She rewarded him with a devious smile. "Oh, it must be a joint endeavor, don't you think?" "So that you may share the blame?" Andrew quipped. "So that we may share the joy," Billie corrected. "You wound me." "Happily, I assure you. ~ Julia Quinn

I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes that give an arc to their characters and allow audiences to get to know these people. ~ Tracy Letts

If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing. ~ Billie Holiday

Controversy What controversy This is reality. What I see is that no matter if you're a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you stand on, this is the reality of the situation - that people's families and their young kids are being affected. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour. ~ Billie Jean King

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ~ Billie Holiday

BARBARA: You do understand that it hurts, to go from sharing a bed with you for twenty-three years to sleeping by myself. BILL: I'm here, now. BARBARA: Men always say shit like that, as if the past and the future don't exist. BILL: Can we not make this a gender discussion? BARBARA: Do men really believe that here and now is enough? It's just horseshit, to avoid talking about the things they're afraid to say. ~ Tracy Letts

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other record that we make. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

I like singers like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. ~ Andy Morris

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it. ~ Billie Jean King

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. ~ Billie Holiday

There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie laughed at that, full and throaty, and once again she became so incandescently beautiful that George was half-tempted to throw a blanket over her, just to stop anyone else from wanting her. ~ Julia Quinn

I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday. ~ Nastassja Kinski

Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~ Billie Jean King

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships. ~ Billie Jean King

Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own. ~ Billie Holiday

I really like Billie Holiday's husky voice, and I'd definitely like to find out more about her. ~ Michelle Ryan

IVY: Mom believes women don't grow more attractive with age. KAREN: Oh, I disagree, I - VIOLET: I didn't say they "don't grow more attractive," I said they get ugly. And it's not really a matter of opinion, Karen dear. You've only just started to prove it yourself. ~ Tracy Letts

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

Thats what Green Day is-there are no rules. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

Create your legacy, and pass the baton. ~ Billie Jean King

Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

You've got to have something to eat ~ Billie Holiday

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. ~ Billie Joe Armstrong

I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. ~ Billie Jean King