Darrell Hammond Quotes

Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W. ~ Darrell Hammond

I'm not a doctor - so I can't describe flashbacks well - but it is like you're living it again. ~ Darrell Hammond

Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night. ~ Darrell Hammond

You know what's worse than being in rehab? Being in rehab over the holidays. You know what's worse than that? Being in a rehab that doesn't allow smoking. I mean, what the fuck? Addicts smoke. If we can't drink, we can't shoot up, and we can't ride the lightning bolt, at least we can smoke. ~ Darrell Hammond

I've become fascinated by the idea that it's really achievable to make two or three small improvements in a week and by the end of the year, it's 150 improvements. ~ Darrell Hammond

College kids, don't be taking examples from me. ~ Darrell Hammond

I don't know if I want to be a big star though. ~ Darrell Hammond

I had a dad you know. ~ Darrell Hammond

The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit. ~ Darrell Hammond

I have to give the SNL crew props - it cannot have been easy to work with me. ~ Darrell Hammond

Doctors didn't know what to do with me. ~ Darrell Hammond

When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there. ~ Darrell Hammond

There was an assumption that I was personally attacking Sarah Palin by impersonating her on TV. No one ever said it was 'mean' when Chevy Chase played Gerald Ford falling down all the time. No one ever accused Dana Carvey or Darrell Hammond or Dan Aykroyd of 'going too far' in their political impressions. You see what I'm getting at here. I am not mean and Mrs. Palin is not fragile. To imply otherwise is a disservice to us both. ~ Tina Fey

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you. ~ Darrell Hammond

I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.' ~ Darrell Hammond

I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder. ~ Darrell Hammond

I belong to the Democratic Party. ~ Darrell Hammond

Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional. ~ Darell Hammond

The only resolution is to spontaneously invent an unknown, unique set of qualities and actions so as to blend perfectly with the actual requirements you're confronted with. ~ Darrell Calkins

When Stephen declares that he sees the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God, he is stoned for blasphemy because, in the view of these Jews, no one has the right to be at the side of God's heavenly presence. ~ Darrell L. Bock

The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities. ~ Darell Hammond

Many a statistic is false on its face. It gets by only because the magic of numbers bring about a suspension of common sense ~ Darrell Huff

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it. ~ Dimebag Darrell

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality. ~ Darell Hammond

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. ~ Darrell Issa

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn. ~ Dimebag Darrell

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future. ~ Philip Hammond

It's not how you look in the mirror that's important, what's important is how you are reflected in the eyes of the people who love you. --T. Hammond (Red Rover) ~ T. Hammond

I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on Cemetery Gates ... the next morning, the second and third solos weren't bad, but the first had that first take magic ! .. I didn't touch it ... ~ Dimebag Darrell

The only way to get everything you want in life is to be very clever about what you want. ~ George Hammond

If I laid a wager on which was to panic first, a block of granite or Jamuqa, I'd go the granite. ~ Bryn Hammond

I'm still healthy as can be. ~ Darrell Royal

My hands are in his hair and his arms wrap around my waist tighter. I know what Henry does to me. I'm space bound. A rocket about to blast off. And I want Henry to send me to the moon. ~ Lauren Hammond

the final corner, when all three ~ Elizabeth Darrell

Once you cross the 50 you feel like an unsaddled horse. ~ Darrell Royal

I don't know how to explain it, but when you're working on something constantly, and you're digging in deep, things kind of fall in, and you grab them, and you're like, 'That one!' and 'That thing!' and it starts to build something right. ~ Albert Hammond, Jr.

The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him. ~ Darrell Royal

Bureaucratic solutions to problems of practice will always fail because effective teaching is not routine, students are not passive, and questions of practice are not simple, predictable, or standardized. Consequently, instructional decisions cannot be formulated on high then packaged and handed down to teachers. ~ Linda Darling-Hammond

No matter how long you have been waiting, the man God has for you will surpass your expectations. You will meet him when god says so. Not a minute early, not a moment later. ~ Michelle McKinney Hammond

Once the switch of parenthood is thrown, it changes you for ever & you can never escape the extra pull of humanity it gives you." - Richard Hammond ~ Richard Hammond

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills. ~ Brandon Sanderson

When it comes to advice, positive and negative are not measured in terms of what makes us feel better or worse. Instead, positive and negative are measured in terms of whether the advice given will yield positive or negative results, if heeded. ~ Darrell Roberts

Forgiveness is really about absolution: to set free. But if you look carefully at the dynamic, the one you're setting free is yourself. ~ Darrell Calkins

First, the defenders of the Confederate cause were, almost without exception, Democrats. Coates cites many malefactors from Senator Jefferson Davis to Senator James Henry Hammond to Georgia Governor Joseph Brown. Yet while identifying these men as southerners and Confederates, Coates omits to identify them as Democrats. ~ Dinesh D'Souza

She crosses her arms. "Are you trying to be cute?"

"No. I don't have to try…it just sort of happens."

Her brow furrows just slightly, like she can't decide if she should be angry or amused. I feel myself smiling. "What's your name? I don't know if I asked before."

"You didn't. And it's Liv."

"That's an odd name. Were you ill as a baby? I mean, is live what your parents were hoping you'd do or did they just not like you?"

Her lips fold like she's fighting a grin. Amused is in the lead.

"Liv, Livvy - short for Olivia. Olivia Hammond."

"Ah." I nod slowly. "That's a beautiful name. Much more fitting. ~ Emma Chase

As a result of the Stratfor hack, some of the dangers of the unregulated private intelligence industry are now known. It has been revealed through Wikileaks and other journalists around the world that Stratfor maintained a worldwide network of informants that they used to engage in intrusive and possibly illegal surveillance activities on behalf of large multinational corporations. ~ Jeremy Hammond

Anachron's Law:
There is no myth which is so irrational that no one will believe it.
Anachron's Corollary:
There is no truth which is so obvious that everyone will accept it. ~ George Hammond

An author is an artist who paints a picture in the imagination of the reader. ~ Darrell Case

Coaching at Texas and playing at the University of Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to see a lot of guys in Texas - Texas lettermen - who I played against. ~ Darrell Royal

The wedding isn't what makes a marriage." She told them. "Love is what makes a marriage. The wedding is just an expensive party. ~ Darrell Maloney

I feel like you listen your whole life, so when you are in the studio, your references are all the songs and music that you know. It just depends on where the songs are going and what attracts you at the moment. ~ Albert Hammond, Jr.

Sometimes your life falls apart just enough to allow you to put it back together again in a whole new way. ~ Cris Hammond

For somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning. ~ Richard Hammond

We so resented that asshole up there talking talking talking taking up the entire assembly expecting us to believe there isn't a special creation of God, or of man, to which we didn't belong, here in the shabby south end of Hammond in the worst damn public school in the district, we didn't belong and never would.
And what the hell?
Such truths, FOXFIRE made softer. ~ Joyce Carol Oates

If you sustain your balance and intention, everything, including things unimaginable, arrive at the appropriate time and place. ~ Darrell Calkins