Chris Carter > Chris's Quotes

“When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.

Ford replied,''Produce it anyway.”
― Henry Ford

“I don't feel tardy.”
― David Lee Roth

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”
― Walter Langer

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“Of course the people do not want war. . . . But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. —GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL HERMANN GOERING, NUREMBERG, APRIL 18, 1946”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
― Joseph Stalin

“This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.”
― Joseph Stalin

“Quantity has a quality all its own.”
― Joseph Stalin

“How do you know it's love? I don't know, but it lasts forever.”
― Van Halen

“I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.”
― David Lee Roth

“It's not rocket surgery!”
― David Lee Roth

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
― Jimi Hendrix

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
― Jimi Hendrix

“I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.”
― Jimi Hendrix

“Music is my religion.”
― Jimi Hendrix

“If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.”
― Steven Tyler

“Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.”
― Steven Tyler

“Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child?”
― Steven Tyler

“I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.”
― Freddie Mercury

“Who wants to live forever? ”
― Freddie Mercury

“The show must go on.”
― Freddie Mercury

“There is, of course, a chicken-and-egg element here: does someone gravitate to the role of Eddie van Halen because he shares similar personality traits or did portraying Eddie Van Halen give rise to those qualities?”
― Steven Kurutz

“Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.”
― Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously... I'm Kidding

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
― Mark Twain

“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.”
― Cathy Guiswite

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
― Chris Rock