Usually Quotes

Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match.

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.

I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics we usually eventually find a technological way of doing it.

Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men.

I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful.

I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.

Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at gullible folk, and they usually make much more money for their authors than they do for the investing public.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

One thing I won't be doing on a weekend is shopping. I just don't like it, and I haven't bought an article of clothing for a very long time. I usually just take wardrobe from shows I'm on. It's much easier.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

We usually break our records every Monday, so we'll see what turns up tonight after midnight. Next month it'll probably be higher, which is always weird.

Before I was a year old I walked and talked and I was even potty trained. When I started going to school I think I got on everyone's nerves because I used to ask adult questions rather than settle for the stuff usually fed to kids.

Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.

When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.

But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.

I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way.