Robert Carlyle Quotes

Snakes are sick.

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

I don't believe that competitions are important.

I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth.

If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.

People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information affects what you learn.

I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat.

If one limits to developing only the kitchen and bathroom as standardized rooms because of their installation, and then also decides to arrange the remaining living area with movable walls, I believe that any justified living requirements can be met.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, it doesn't look silly, it doesn't look stupid. It holds up. It's fun. A lot of people have enjoyed it, and I'm real happy about it.

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

I can watch anything from 1970s West Coast rock to 1990s electro-funk - I don't care.

It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.