Netherton Tom Quotes

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn. ~ Tom Petty

The cause of what they called the "Sudden Departure" remained unknown, ~ Tom Perrotta

Perhaps sound carries farther across time than across space. ~ Tom Robbins

religion is a method of self-governance which allows a culture or civilization to invoke its own order by divine mandate. ~ Tom Watson

I came to acting quite late. I tried not to be an actor. ~ Tom Cullen

There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice. ~ Tom Petty

And while meanness is a function of the insensitive, grumpiness is merely a function of the dissatisfied. ~ Tom Robbins

This is Hell," he tried to explain for the third time. "Not a drop-in centre. You can't just turn up and say, 'Oh, I was just in the neighbourhood and thought I'd call by and have a bit of a chinwag with Lord Satan.' It simply isn't done."
"No," said the infuriating mortal. "It hasn't been done. There is a difference. May I pass now?"
"No, you may not. Satan's a very busy ... um, is very busy right now. He can't go interrupting his work for every Tom, Dick, and Johannes"
he paused for effect, but the human just looked at him with a faint air of what seemed to be pity
"Harry, that is, who turns up demanding audience."
"Really?" said Cabal. "I had no idea. I thought this would be an uncommon occurrence, unique even, but you seem to imply that it happens all the time. Fair enough. ~ Jonathan L. Howard

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball. ~ Monica Seles

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work. ~ Sparky Anderson

Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays, though, artists make intentionally ugly art that's only supposed to reflect society rather than inspire it. So I guess we're all loony together now, loony rats in the shithouse of commercialism. ~ Tom Robbins

The great Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver put it perfectly: In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end. ~ Jeff Olson

The score a player reports on any hole should always be regarded as his opening offer. ~ Tom Mulligan

The problem with movies is that movies end and your life doesn't.
This doesn't appear to cause any trouble, but it does cause confusion, which is almost as bad. ~ Tom O'Brien

Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~ Tom Lehrer

What do you say, Tom? They both listened. ~ Charles Dickens

I started writing when I was 5 years old. I would dictate stories to my mother, and she would copy them in a scrapbook. If she changed anything to make it, in her opinion, better, I would throw a tantrum. ~ Tom Robbins

We need to claim lunch back. It is our natural right. It has been stolen from us by our rulers. The fear that keeps you chained to your desk, staring at your screen, does not serve your spirit. Lunch is a time to forget about being sensible, practical, efficient. A proper lunch should be spiritually as well as physically nourishing. Cosy, convivial, a treat; lunch is for loafers. ~ Tom Hodgkinson

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me. ~ Tom Smothers

Dogs live in the moment, and don't have a concept of past or future. That's why you must immediately correct your dog if it breaks the rules. The old trick of rubbing your puppy's face in his poop or urine is not effective - your dog will have no idea why it is being punished. ~ Tom Ester

A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed music. A billion Coca-Colas ago was yesterday morning. - Robert Goizueta, chief executive of the Coca-Cola Company, April 1997 ~ Tom Standage

We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here. ~ Tom Hopkins

I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two. ~ Tom Scholz

Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the touchstone for everybody. He kind of invented the job and was the first voice actor to get onscreen credit. ~ Tom Kenny

you were attacked by cement monkeys? ~ Tom Cook

I love ghost stories but kind of left them alone after my teens and came back to it after playing Heathcliff in 'Wuthering Heights' on the radio. ~ Tom Goodman-Hill

Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego. ~ Tom Robbins

People who feel untrusted have little inclination to bond together into a cooperative team. ~ Tom DeMarco

It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunning visuals and a huge, epic movie. It doesn't matter if my head was covered in a black plastic bag and I was bouncing around in a space hopper: That's the villain of Chris Nolan's 'Batman!' ~ Tom Hardy

When I was twelve I was obsessed. Everything was sex. Latin was sex. The dictionary fell open at 'meretrix', a harlot. You could feel the mystery coming off the word like musk. 'Meretrix'! This was none of your mensa-a-table, this was a flash from a forbidden planet, and it was everywhere. History was sex, French was sex, art was sex, the Bible, poetry, penfriends, games, music, everything was sex except biology which was obviously sex but not really sex, not the one which was secret and ecstatic and wicked and a sacrament and all the things it was supposed to be but couldn't be at one and the same time - I got that in the boiler room and it turned out to be biology after all. ~ Tom Stoppard

what matters is helping all parties understand that the success of the individual is tied irrevocably to the success of the whole. ~ Tom DeMarco

Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of lives that are clobbered yearly as a result of laws: outmoded laws; laws that found their way onto the books as a result of ignorance, hysteria or political haymaking; antilife laws; biased laws; laws that pretend that reality is fixed and nature is definable; laws that deny people the right to refuse protection. A survey such as that could keep a dozen dull sociologists out of mischief for months. ~ Tom Robbins

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person. ~ Tom Petty

But Jesus is talking about God becoming king in order to explain the things he himself is doing. He isn't pointing away from himself to God. He is pointing to God in order to explain his own actions. In case we miss the point, Mark rubs it in by having Jesus command the wind and the sea to be still, and they obey him: ~ Tom Wright

In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton's songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom! ~ Tom Paxton

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone. ~ Tom Waits

(In the computer era we have returned to the custom of scrolling through texts, but we now scroll up and down, rather than right to left as the Romans did.) ~ Tom Standage

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. ~ L. Tom Perry

Followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion, stability, and hope ~ Tom Rath

I hadn't read or heard a lot about [Tom] Wolfe until I read this script, and in that way I think it was really clever to write a piece about him instead of Max Perkins,[Ernest] Hemingway, [John] Fitzgerald, or others that people have strong opinions of already. ~ Jude Law

I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for. ~ Tom Cotton

I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just processing too much, there's no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears. ~ Tom Waits

The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them. ~ Tom Shadyac