Best 311 quotes in «bad ass quotes» category

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.

If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?

If he gimme the word then I'm flippin the bird & then I'm spinnin around & I'm grippin the burn

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth.

If you're going through a dark period, remember that you're not alone.

I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.

If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.

If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty.

If you touch me, I said pleasantly, "I'll provide you with the ability to see if you can heal yourself. Then we'd see how bad ass you really are.

I got a lot of friends that come up off the strip for me. The same ones that'll come up off the hip for me.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

I hate wack niggas, I should really slap niggas.

I hear them mumblin, I hear the cacklin I got em scared, shook, panickin

If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know. Now it's not figure skating. Now it's dancing.

I grew up in the 80s in England: we'd wake up each morning and look out the window to see if the government had finally put Daleks on the streets.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would mobilize into a 'Save Pluto' campaign. I now have a drawer full of hate letters from hundreds of elementary schoolchildren (with supportive cover letters from their science teachers) pleading with me to reverse my stance on Pluto. The file includes a photograph of the entire third grade of a school posing on their front steps and holding up a banner proclaiming, 'Dr. Tyson - Pluto is a Planet!'

I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short stories are like that. In general, short stories - and maybe this is a little bit off-topic - but I think short stories have this bad association with, like, waiting rooms.

I hope you're all Republicans.

I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done.

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

I look at Willow and she's so naughty and fiery, and I'm not going to take any of her fierceness personally - my mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. And that's something I want to post on every mirror in my house: This is not about you!

I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy. If somebody skates to earn money, I don't care. I skate for the people. Besides, it's pleasant to supply Russia with gold medals.

I'm brandin', I aint talking bout Presley. I keep a sniper, I aint talking bout Wesley.

I love the John Glenn model... I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they'd like to send me to Mars.

I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for

I'm never scared, they never real, I never run. When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying under-informed things. The change is that if you're in power and you say something under-informed, there are people out there with a voice who will take you to task for having done so

I'll be in hell before you start breakfast - let her rip!

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing.

In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.

In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.

I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people. Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see.

Instead of looking in the mirror and focusing on your flaws, look in the mirror and appreciate your best features... everyone has them.

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose.

I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them. I feel the Americans like me more and more each time I tour.

I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.

It doesn't matter what kind of result will be in the end. I already win for myself.

I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it happen.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.

I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of on ice. The rest will come on its own.