Hickey Quotes

In my experience, you always think you know what you're doing; you always think you can explain, but you always discover, years later, that you didn't and you couldn't. This leads me to suspect that the principal function of human reason is to rationalize what your lizard brain demands of you. That's my idea. ~ Dave Hickey

Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition. If we accept the cant of official culture, we must believe that the beauty we steal from any man-made thing is stolen from its more virtuous and metaphysical backstory, wherein "real" beauty is said to reside. ~ Dave Hickey

Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave. ~ Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne

The rules from those who are politically correct restrict what you can say to or about anything in our daily life. They tell you what to call others and what others can call you. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Isn't there something in Genesis about not looking back? A stupid glance over my shoulder showed her expression relaxing, glad I wasn't taking anything that couldn't be replaced and glad I didn't destroy anything that couldn't be repaired. "Do you care for me, Georgia?" I asked her. "Tell me you don't and I'm out of your life forever." She stood in the driveway with her arms wrapped around herself like she was freezing. "Andre is on his way."
"I didn't ask you about no Andre."
"He'll be here in a minute."
My head hurt, but I pressed her. "It's a yes-or-no question."
"Can we talk when Andre gets back? We can-"
"Stop talking about him. I want to know if you love me."
"Andre…"
She said his name one time too many. For what happened next, she would have to take some of the blame. I asked her a simple question and she refused to give me a simple answer. I turned from her and made a sharp left turn, pounding across the yard, feeling the dry grass crunch under my shoes. Six long strides put me at the base of the massive tree. I touched the rough bark, an instant of reflection, to give Old Hickey the benefit of the doubt. But in reality, a hickory tree was a useless hunk of wood. Tall, and that's all. To break the shell of a hickory nut, you needed a hammer and an act of Congress, and even then you needed a screwdriver to get at the meat, which was about as tasty as a clod of limestone. Nobody would ever mourn a hickory tree except Celestial, and m ~ Tayari Jones

Success-minded people know that the greatest enemy to today's success is yesterday's success. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Liar!" Violet sticks her head between my legs and pokes at it. "That's totally a hickey! Did Balls lick your beaver? Did you let Balls ball you?" "Oh ~ Helena Hunting

Jesus came for the least, the lost, and the last. ~ Marilyn Hickey

Social media is just that - social. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Here is the truth: The journey to achievement is not a destination, it is only a stop over to the next goal. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Art and writing come from somewhere down around the lizard brain. It's a much more peculiar activity than we like to think it is. The problems arise when we try to domesticate the practice, to pretend that it's a normal human activity and that "everybody's creative." They're not. ~ Dave Hickey

I was shooting the third season of 'The Big C' and doing 'The Normal Heart' at the same time on Broadway, and I thought, 'I'll never do anything as difficult as this.' ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else's privilege. ~ Dave Hickey

If someone is trying to share a laugh and you personally do not find it funny, then just move on and leave it alone. Do not steal someone else's humor. ~ John Patrick Hickey

If you believe that success is only connected to money, you will not last long. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Be a person that others will look for your posts daily because they know you will encourage them. Be the positive one and help others to have a great day and you will find that not only they like you but you will like you too. ~ John Patrick Hickey

There are issues worth advancing in images worth admiring; and the truth is never "plain," nor appearances ever "sincere." To try to make them so is to neutralize the primary, gorgeous eccentricity of imagery in Western culture since the Reformation: the fact that it cannot be trusted, that imagery is always presumed to be proposing something contestable and controversial. This is the sheer, ebullient, slithering, dangerous fun of it. No image is presumed inviolable in our dance hall of visual politics, and all images are potentially powerful. ~ Dave Hickey

People who achieve the greatest success are the people who have the most fun getting there. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Mark this on your wall and remember it always: The greatest single most powerful enemy to success is success itself. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Nothing builds up your attitude like gratitude. You cannot be depressed, negative, and grateful at the same time. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Everything is a battle with this band. ~ Kenny Hickey

If you have to hang a man you could have put on a better trail, you aren't entitled to own a rope. ~ James Hickey

All the while, my mind reeled with what had happened.
I have a hickey. I let Adrian Ivashkov give me a hickey. ~ Richelle Mead

There is a universal truth that all successful people know: Nothing is ever done until you take action. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Success-minded people tend to be successful, confident, and friendly because they act successful, confident and friendly. People feel comfortable around positive people because positive people feel comfortable with themselves. ~ John Patrick Hickey

God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you. ~ John Patrick Hickey

I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know? ~ Kenny Hickey

If I can keep writing just one good page a day, I will have 15 published novels in my expected lifetime. Tick, tick, tick... ~ Barry James Hickey

Are you a religious man, Mr. Williams?" "No, ma'am. I reckon I'm not. But I do enjoy a relationship with my Savior. Will that do? ~ Cynthia Hickey

Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life. ~ John Patrick Hickey

If you gave me a hickey, this little affair is over."
"If I gave you a hickey, it means you're fucking mine. ~ Sara Ney

I sent a quick text to Adrian: I have a hickey! You can't ever kiss me again. I honestly hadn't expected him to be awake this early, so I was surprised to get a response: Okay. I won't kiss you on your neck again.
So typical of him. No! You can't ever kiss me ANYWHERE. You said you were going to keep your distance.
I'm trying, he wrote back. But you won't keep your distance from me.
I didn't dignify that with a response. ~ Richelle Mead

Happiness is having your very first hickey, put there by a set of soft lips that speak the smoothest words that sound like music to your ears and whispers to your soul. ~ J.M. Darhower

Success-minded people know that first and foremost, in all we do, we must think of others first. By thinking of others, how they feel and what they need, will not cost you a thing nor will it lessen what you have to say. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Belief in yourself comes from a positive attitude that sees life as worth living and that you have a wonderful part to play in it. ~ John Patrick Hickey

It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't. ~ Dave Hickey

Stop making excuses of why you can't or how hard it is and start making your life matter. ~ John Patrick Hickey

If someone tells you that you can achieve your dreams with little to no work, they are lying to you. ~ John Patrick Hickey

I cannot tell you how many quiet mornings I have spent sitting around hotel rooms and furnished apartments in the United States and Mexico, smoking cigarettes, plunking the guitar, and watching Perry Mason
telling myself, Well, at least I don't have a day job. And there is nothing wrong with that. I am not guilty of anything. Perry would see that in a minute. ~ Dave Hickey

It is amazing to see all that is going on around us and it is people of action who make it all happen. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Did you pay for the repairs on my Range Rover?" I asked him.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Why not?" he answered.
I felt my hold on my temper slip.
"Luke, it's my car."
"Ava, you're my woman."
I ignored the melty feeling that gave me too.
"So?"
"So you're my woman, I take care of you."
"Luke – "
"This isn't up for discussion."
"It sure as hell is!"
"I'm thinkin', as payback for the hickey, I want you in that pink teddy thing tonight."
Was he for real?
"Luke!"
"Later."
Disconnect.
Argh! ~ Kristen Ashley

There is a hickey on my forehead! ~ Molly McAdams

There is a wonderful power that comes when you know that someone will achieve something great due to your help. ~ John Patrick Hickey

If there is no art, no culture, then what the fuck are we going to talk about? These are our stories and our stories are all we got! ~ Dave Hickey

I think so many doors have been opened for the gay community as far as the dangers and horrors of HIV. There is so much more out-ness now. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Here is one of the biggest reasons why keeping your goals in your mind only is dangerous: your brain leaks! ~ John Patrick Hickey

Tatty says oh yes, she knows what he's like. But when she thinks about it, she doesn't. ~ Christine Dwyer Hickey

Burnout is not the result of doing too much; it is the result of not getting enough rest. ~ John Patrick Hickey

You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin. ~ Rainbow Rowell

I have no evangelical feelings about art at all. I despise art education. Art doesn't lend itself to education. There is no knowledge there. It's a set of propositions about how things should look. ~ Dave Hickey

Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them. ~ John Patrick Hickey

My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that. ~ Dave Hickey

If you have Jesus in your heart, you also have miracles of healing within your hands. ~ Marilyn Hickey

You might want to do something about your neck."
I was totally lost. "My neck?"
She reached into her purse and handed me a compact mirror. I opened it and surveyed my neck, still trying to figure out what she could be talking about. Then I saw it. A small, brownish purple bruise on the side of my neck.
"What on earth is that?" I exclaimed.
Ms. Terwilliger snorted. "Although it's been a while for me, I believe the technical term is a hickey" She paused and arched an eyebrow. "You do know what that is, don't you?"
"Of course I know!" I lowered the mirror. "But there's no way - I mean, we barely - that is - "
She held up a hand to silence me. "You don't have to justify your private life to me. But you might want to consider how you can actually keep it private in the next fifteen minutes. ~ Richelle Mead

There was a hickey on the side of my neck the size of a quarter. I looked like I had argued with a Hoover and the Hoover won. Jesus. ~ Alice Clayton

Nothing happens without action! ~ John Patrick Hickey

God wants His people well, but it is up to us to make the decision to walk in health. ~ Marilyn Hickey

Never let the law interfere with justice. ~ James Hickey

On your journey to achievement, you should never be without good positive materials and people who will encourage you, excite you and give you a reason to move forward. ~ John Patrick Hickey

I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit. I didn't think anything of what he had done to the city's name. Later I heard men who could manage their r's give it the same pronunciation. I still didn't see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves' word for dictionary. A few years later I went to Personville and learned better. ~ Dashiell Hammett

Rich Hickey once said programmers know the benefits of everything and the tradeoffs of nothing...an approach that can lead a project down a path of frustra‐ ted developers and unhappy customers. But as an architect you must consider the tradeoffs of every new library, language, pattern, or approach and quickly make decisions often with incomplete information. ~ Nathaniel Schutta

There,to survive,they will no doubt readapt,drawing upon the resilence and courage they displayed during the Vietnam War to perserve harmony with nature and cosmic forces. There they will live with unflagging dignity,working unceasingly from day to day to salvalge the remaining pieces of their shattered world. ~ Gerald Hickey

Writing out your goals is the first action in a chain of many on the road to achievement. ~ John Patrick Hickey

What I got in life that can't be probated I reckon I'll have to take with me. Mostly that is my thankful recollections of all the folks who crossed my trail since I shed my first tears in the year of 1880. Sometimes I had to look hard to find God in them, but most times I found Him. Usually it turned out to be easier to find than I had figured," Sheriff Bud Smith. ~ James Hickey

Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social goals. ~ Dave Hickey

There's no hickey." I said, looking at his throat.
"You didn't suck hard enough," he mumbled, finishing his beer. "Are you hungry?"
"I'm going to suck you until I make a hickey. I want to mark you."
Cooper laughed. "You're so goofy drunk. It's fucking perfect."
Straddling him, I licked his throat. "I'm going to suck on you like a crazed vacuum cleaner so prepare yourself."
Cooper was still laughing when I latched on. ~ Bijou Hunter

Most famous artists are created by their work and the idea of them as a character, and if they're smart and ambitious, they reinforce that character because they want to win. They want their views to prevail. ~ Dave Hickey

Let your heroes be known. Give praise and honor to those to whom it is rightly due. Spend more time posting stories about heroes than you do about the wrongs in the world. When we know about heroes and we see those who perform heroic acts, we too want to be heroes. There is a hero in all of us. Heroes are important. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Secretary of the treasury Albert Gallatin is accused of treason by war enthusiasts merely for suggesting budget adjustments to pay for war measures. ~ Donald R. Hickey

So much of male heterosexual comedy can be steeped in a gay panic. A lot of juvenile comedy is predicated on that. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Actually, Wilson's art can't fit into these neat categories. My own take is that the best way to think of Wilson is as an outsider musician, but one who actually happens to have a huge amount of talent. Much like, say, Wesley Willis, Wilson is focussed on having huge commercial success, but has little to no idea what actually counts as commercial. He's very easily swayed by people around him, so if he's told he should be doing three-minute pop songs, he does three-minute pop songs, and if he's told he should do epic suites about the American Dream, he does those. But at all times there are two things that remain true about him: he has an unerring ability as an arranger, and a directness that makes his music more communicative than any other music I've ever heard. ~ Andrew Hickey

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home. ~ Kenny Hickey

We all have competitive relationships with our siblings. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now. ~ Kenny Hickey

I remember when I was doing 'The Crucible' on Broadway with Laura Linney, and Arthur Miller had been in rehearsal with us and was on stage on opening night. She turned to me during the curtain call and said, 'Let's make sure we remember this.' ~ John Benjamin Hickey

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene. ~ Kenny Hickey

Reading is one of the greatest gifts given to humankind. ~ John Patrick Hickey

You might want to pop your collar."

"Hey if the biker doesn't pop his, I'm not popping mine. Also? We're thirty years past that fashion faux pas."

"Yeah, but it still comes in handy when you're sporting a hickey."

"What?" My hands flew to my neck, and I found the tender spot. "Shit. No, that's not-- I burned it. My hair wasn't cooperating, so I dragged out the curling iron."

"Gabriel has a curling iron?"

"No, I meant--Damn it." I rooted through my bag for concealer. "I'm sorry. If I'd noticed, I'd have hidden it."

"I know." His lips twitched. "It is kinda funny, though, watching you guys scramble with excuses. Gabriel told me you weren't answering my calls because you forgot your phone in the car. Which is about as likely as you leaving your arm behind. He dried his hair so fast the back was sticking up. And then he scarfed down half the food I brought for lunch. I've never seen him eat like that." He smiled. "But I do appreciate he's being circumspect."

"He's not going to wave it in your face."

"No, but we are talking about Gabriel, who never goes out of his way to cushion anyone's feelings but yours. He's being very thoughtful. It's sweet. Just don't tell him I said that."

"I won't." I finished applying the concealer. "Better?"

"Yep." He leaned over for a better look and then stopped. "Is that a bite on your collarbone?"

"Shit! No. Damn it.

Ric ~ Kelley Armstrong

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Some parents cannot distinguish between punishment and discipline. Anyone can punish a child and many parents do it out of frustration. Discipline requires time, patience, and love and may include some punishment. To punish children without discipline usually involves a parent who is frustrated and has turned to anger. ~ Eric W. Hickey

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists. ~ Dave Hickey

Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out here on the dock together? We might TALK or something."
"That would be awful," I said. "I might give you a hickey."
She laughed, still watching for Cameron's start instead of looking at me. "Just by talking to me?"
"I can talk really dirty. You'd be surprised. ~ Jennifer Echols

A bit of research can save you hours, days of time correcting mistakes that you never had to make in the first place. ~ John Patrick Hickey

The greatest power in the world is choice. ~ John Patrick Hickey

The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly. ~ John Patrick Hickey

If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been. ~ Dave Hickey

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain. ~ Dave Hickey

Positive people on the other had are not those who deny what is going on around them for some pie-in-the-sky type of thinking. Positive people are very award of the problems, disasters and difficulties that are happening all around them. What they do not do is give into defeat. ~ John Patrick Hickey

We are all atheists. ~ Kenny Hickey

Do not allow your thoughts of what was to steal what can be. ~ John Patrick Hickey

After you do a play like 'The Normal Heart,' it's hard to find something you feel so passionate about. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

It is not the job for those who are angry about the events of the day to strike out and post things that they hope will incite anger in others as well. Do not sell your social media friends short as far as their ability to find the news for themselves. ~ John Patrick Hickey

We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor. ~ John Patrick Hickey

...The efficacy of psychedelics with regard to art has to do with their ability to render language weightless, as fluid and ephemeral as those famous "bubble letters" of the sixties. Psychedelics, I think, disconnect both the signifier and the signified from their purported referents in the phenomenal world - simultaneously bestowing upon us a visceral insight into the cultural mechanics of language, and a terrifying inference of the tumultuous nature that swirls beyond it. In my own experience, it always seemed as if language were a tablecloth positioned neatly upon the table until some celestial busboy suddenly shook it out, fluttering and floating it, and letting it fall back upon the world in not quite the same position as before - thereby giving me a vertiginous glimpse into the abyss that divides the world from our knowing of it. And it is into this abyss that the horror vacui of psychedelic art deploys itself like an incandescent bridge. Because it is one thing to believe, on theoretical evidence, that we live in a prison-house of language. It is quite another to know it, to actually peek into the slippery emptiness as the Bastille explodes around you. Yet psychedelic art takes this apparent occasion for despair and celebrates our escape from linguistic control by flowing out, filling that rippling void with meaningful light, laughter, and a gorgeous profusion. ~ Dave Hickey

There's an amazing documentary, 'The Day After Trinity,' which is crazy good. ~ John Benjamin Hickey

Those who care how they look care how they live and they will be the achievers. ~ John Patrick Hickey

On your journey to achieve your dreams you will face challenges that will test you to the core. ~ John Patrick Hickey

Beautiful art sells. If it sells itself, it is an idolatrous commodity; if it sells anything else, it is a seductive advertisement. ~ Dave Hickey