Albert Goldman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.

  • Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.

  • When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

  • On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.

  • Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.

  • I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

  • The real problem with all drugs is that they work. Fantastically. They're great, right up until the moment they kill you.

  • Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.

  • Up to now we have faced external problems in an isolated fashion. One of these problems is precisely the drug trade and what has been the result? A very weak and fragile position.

  • I ask of cinema what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs.