Spuds Mckenzie Quotes

I must be very complex, judging by the number of days determined to define me. ~ Spuds Crawford

Ignorance is not linear, it's exponential. ~ Spuds Crawford

If you expect me to read your mind you're going to have to think more clearly. ~ Spuds Crawford

Be fabulous or die ~ Mariah McKenzie

Sometimes life just doesn't allow for a totally happy ending. ~ Sophie McKenzie

We all wear masks. The challenge is keeping them in place. ~ Catherine McKenzie

One person can't fulfill every role in someone's life. ~ Catherine McKenzie

The bed of a tortured soul is always in shambles by morning. ~ Elizabeth Mckenzie

We all wear a mask. The trick is keeping it in place. ~ Catherine McKenzie

When you think of famous New Zealanders, there aren't many. ~ Bret McKenzie

I don't think that bad actions erase good ones. Not really. ~ Catherine McKenzie

we can proceed without knowing or expectation ~ Mariah McKenzie

You could call me lover, sexy, or mate, but Adam will do for now. ~ Cooper McKenzie

It's hard to find someone you'd rather spend time with than not. ~ Catherine McKenzie

When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up. ~ Spuds Crawford

The room held the pungent smell of hospitals: powerful disinfectants and fear. ~ Kenneth McKenzie

His mouth tastes like Scotch, and feels familiar, like somewhere I've been before. ~ Catherine McKenzie

The wood creaks as I step over the threshold, a haunting sort of hello. ~ Paige McKenzie

You're not supposed to want to date a boy just for jacket access. ~ Paige McKenzie

He had taken anger, dipped it in rage and left it to marinate for hours. ~ McKenzie Hunter

This hole in the earth was no storage space. I was digging my own grave. ~ Sophie McKenzie

It's impossible to feel homesick with the familiar weight of the book in my hands. ~ Paige McKenzie

A novel is a bridge from one heart to another. - Anon ~ Susan McKenzie

Ever notice "demon" in the word pandemonium? ~ J.C. McKenzie

Dead flesh opened up and new flesh was born. ~ Shane McKenzie

Most smiles are started by another smile. ~ E.C. McKenzie

Schoolteachers are not fully appreciated by parents until it rains all day Saturday. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

And from a branch in the tall tree, a small gray squirrel released a mighty roar. ~ Elizabeth Mckenzie

I've never considered the possibility of defeat. I've never planned for it. That's the job for those people who plan for such things. My job is to only plan for success ... victory; it has my complete focus. ~ Spuds Crawford

If dreams were wine, you'd be a sot. ~ McKenzie Bodkin

It seemed like almost nothing had happened, but that almost nothing changed everything for me. ~ Catherine McKenzie

That until now she was a Christmas tree that had been decorated by someone who hated Christmas. ~ Elizabeth Mckenzie

That I'd been letting life act itself out on me when I should have been directing it. ~ Catherine McKenzie

Death is on a scar filled with shadows and temptations. ~ D.K. Mckenzie

Within these margins I find my serenity - with a blank page and a pencil, I am set free. ~ Jordyn McKenzie

I've always been kind of a loner. Continue to be. ~ Ben McKenzie

Best not to take, yet doubt its strength,
A leash with Demons at its length. ~ McKenzie Bodkin

Artists make things so much easier for themselves when they learn to trust their eyes. ~ Mary Beth McKenzie

to pass on ignorance to someone is like passing on a curse. ~ Cindy McKenzie

Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

Why do people complain when your crabby but the moment there crabby you tell them to stop moaning they moan so fuckin unreal ~ Emma Mckenzie

As a young father it's important to remember that, when you're at the beach, there's a BIG difference between telling your five year old son to just go pee in the ocean and telling him to get in the water at least waist deep and then pee in the ocean. ~ Spuds Crawford

Etc. is a perfect word-when you can't think of the right one. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

He wanted to pull her inside his skin and carry her around close to his heart. ~ Cooper McKenzie

Most beginners are too anxious for results. Real progress takes place over a long period of time. ~ Mary Beth McKenzie

It was funny how bomb and wars looked so thrilling in movies and computer games, when the reality was so heart-stoppingly terrifying. ~ Sophie McKenzie

A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my kids I'm doing much the same thing. I'm not trying to necessarily reason with them, just hold them still for a short while. ~ Spuds Crawford

people's stupidity probably explains much of what people do and don't do, as I have conceded all along in this book. ~ Richard B. McKenzie

I think it's wrong to think you can't change things in your life now because of decisions you've made in the past. ~ McKenzie Catherine

I have about as much artistic talent as a cluster of colour-blind hedgehogs in a bag. ~ J.C. McKenzie

I love being part of the team. ~ Jacqueline McKenzie

Nothing grieves a child more than to study the wrong lesson and learn something he wasn't suppose to. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

Don't tell me what I am," she said. "I get to say what I am. ~ Mia McKenzie

You can't fool Mother Nature, and you can't fool market forces (at least not for long) ~ Richard McKenzie

Sign on a High School bulletin board in Dallas: Free every Monday through Friday-knowledge. Bring your own containers. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

Are the people who run for president really the best in a country of 240 million? If so, something has happened to the gene pool. ~ Bob McKenzie

Still, it's really frustrating me that there doesn't seem to be anything in my closet that's appropriate to wear to an exorcism. ~ Paige McKenzie

I was genuinely starstruck when I met Kermit the Frog. Like many stars here tonight, he's a lot shorter in real life. ~ Bret McKenzie

I usually start by doing one or more color studies of the subject on a piece of canvas taped to cardboard. ~ Mary Beth McKenzie

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character. ~ Jacqueline McKenzie

If you don't want your children to hear what you're saying, pretend you're talking to them. ~ E.C. McKenzie

Mom was just teasing when she asked whether I felt safe being left alone in a haunted house. But now I know: once you move into one, you're never really alone again. ~ Paige McKenzie

Education helps you earn more. But not many schoolteachers can prove it. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the first place? ~ Heather McKenzie

I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant. ~ Bret McKenzie

Mindfulness is like a multifaceted diamond that looks different depending on which facet you reflect. ~ Dr Stephen McKenzie And Dr Craig Hassed

I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card. ~ Jacqueline McKenzie

Sometimes when you play music, you start thinking, "This is rocking!" ~ Bret McKenzie

You have to have a lifestyle if you live in LA, otherwise it's deadly. ~ Jacqueline McKenzie

I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset. ~ Scott McKenzie

Have you ever wanted More? Not more stuff . . . or success . . . or fame . . . but more intimacy, more connection, more mystery, more awe ~ Mariah McKenzie

Many journeys, often ones you didn't plan to make, take you to an unexpected destination that turns out to be exactly where you want to be. ~ C. Lee McKenzie

There are so many versions of the truth, I've found. One for each person. But the whole truth? No one ever tells the whole truth. Do they? ~ Catherine McKenzie

Life is made up of turning points. Forks in the road. We make choices every day that take us down one path over another. The thing I've learned is, there generally aren't any signposts along the way. ~ Catherine McKenzie

The intentional act of loving other brown queers is about healing, in a world that says we are not worthy, that things like pleasure and care and security and unconditional love are not for us. ~ Mia McKenzie

Her departure was a gradual thing, like a watercolor left in the sun, every day fainter until one day the canvas was bare and you had to rely on memory to recapture the image. ~ Catherine McKenzie

Life doesn't wait. You have to make it happen. You have to live it while it's happening around you. Life moves on. ~ Catherine McKenzie

If you look at the causes of the accidents, quite a few of them are operator error. We need people to be diligent and follow the rules of the road and drive more defensively. ~ Bob McKenzie

You shine like love
You shine like hate
until I can't remember the difference ~ McKenzie Richardson

I can be a bit nosey. I like a bit of gossip. ~ Julia McKenzie

Bureaucrats live on the fat of the land, while the rest of us stay skinny laboring to pay their salaries. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family. ~ Bret McKenzie

I don't know, man. Look at me. I've changed. I've grown up. I've got a job, got a career ... I drink coffee now. ~ Bret McKenzie

The courage to speak must be matched by the wisdom to listen. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

I grew up watching the 'Muppets.' In New Zealand, the 'Muppets' were as big as anywhere else I think. It was a pretty global phenomenon. ~ Bret McKenzie

My purpose is to learn. My mission is to serve. My heart is to love. My boss is God and my work is to be me. ~ Erica McKenzie

I couldn't do 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' Ed said I was a flash in the pan, and he was right. ~ Scott McKenzie

Free advice is often overpriced. ~ Charles E. McKenzie

There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by. ~ Bret McKenzie

You should never turn down the offer of another man's story,' the fox persisted, moving off a little further into the trees ahead. 'Stories are the only thing that separates us from the animals after all. ~ T.B. McKenzie

One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it turns out those animals are not allowed to sing words. ~ Bret McKenzie

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences. ~ Jacqueline McKenzie

Like how there's this optimal money/happiness equation. Once you pass a certain amount of household income, life isn't any better. Apparently, money can't buy happiness, or it does, but it costs less than you imagined it would. ~ Catherine McKenzie

The Flying squirrel flies, and the Irksome squirrel irks. The Spinning squirrel spins and the Smirking squirrel smirks. The Crapulous craps and the Lurking lurks; But when the Talking squirrel talks, none but a Listening Human works. ~ Elizabeth Mckenzie

Suppose I say summer, write the word "hummingbird," put it in an envelope, take it down the hill to the box. When you open my letter you will recall those days and how much, just how much, I love you. ~ Catherine McKenzie

Take what comes and live life without complaint. What will be, will be. Life is a woman's gift; death is God's. ~ Nancy McKenzie

I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around. ~ Kevin McKenzie

Thorstein Veblen would say people hate squirrels, she called up to him, "because that's the only way to motivate expenditure on them - such as buying traps or guns. It's the same with stirring up patriotic emotionalism, because it justifies expenditures for defense. ~ Elizabeth Mckenzie

I'd love to have been in things like 'The Jewel in the Crown,' but of course they're terribly old English. I can do that. But I'm not that. ~ Julia McKenzie

I stare off into space for a minute. "I just wish my life would go back to the way it was."
"Why?"
"Because I was happy then. Things weren't perfect, but still, I knew where I fit. I knew where I was going."
"And you don't feel that way anymore?"
"No. I feel kind of ... lost in the middle of my own life, if that makes any sense. ~ Catherine McKenzie