“I did it once in high school - I was Sandy in Grease - and I decided then that I would never do it again. I've felt that way for years, and that's no bullshit.” WayYearsSchoolFeltHigh SchoolDecidedBullshitGreaseSandy Author:Laura Vandervoort
“If something comes at me of course I'm gonna handle my business but I'm not the type to provoke the bullshit so I don't really get a lot of that.” IfsCoursesTypeHandleBullshitProvoking Author:Rakim
“I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and we're only given 70 percent of our counterparts' salaries, then we shouldn't have to pay but 70 percent of our college tuition. Maybe that'll stop the bullshit.” IfsBelieveGivenI BelievePayCollegePercentBullshitWorkplaceSalaryCounterpartsTuitionCollege Tuition Author:Pam Grier
“The HiiiPower Movement is a movement that's going on all throughout the world like a virus. It's about being on a higher level than the industry. It's a movement we started to be above all the bullshit that's been going on.” WorldLevelsMovementIndustryHigherBullshitVirusesHigher Level Author:Kendrick Lamar
“Over a year before I started recording Salad Days, so I finally sat down and was like I have to do this. And it did feel like a chore. I was looking at it in a completely wrong way, trying to one up myself. Just the typical sophomore album bullshit. The main thing I got out of it is I eventually gave up on all that stuff. I had to re-learn why I liked making music in the first place, why I liked recording in my room all the time. Because it's fun. It's fun for me.” WayFeelsTryingYearsFirstsFunStuffRoomsDown AndAlbumsSatBullshitTypicalGave UpSaladWrong WayChoresSophomore Author:Mac DeMarco
“I mean, let's look at it in the other way. If they claim that words have this mysterious power over people, well, 99 percent of on the songs on the radio deal with the topic of love and we use the term loosely. So, kids have heard love, love, love, love ... the minute they turn on the radio. Do you see any kids doing love? I see them doing crack ... but not love. So, it's bullshit!” PeopleIfsWayWellsLooksMeanUseKidsSongTurnsTermDealsHeardMinutesPercentClaimsRadioMysteriousCracksBullshitTopicsTurn-on Author:Frank Zappa
“I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that. I really wasn't given a voice until very recently, but I've always spoken out about the bullshit that's going on since the beginning of having a platform.” ThinkingKnowsHumansGivenVoiceRightsHuman RightsPassionatePlatformsKnow MeBullshit Author:Lauren Jauregui
“I was hoping that by very publicly going to the police, other people would follow suit. Around this time was the whole Rehtaeh Parsons publication ban bullshit. She died because she couldn't handle the stress of having been assaulted and ridiculed for having been raped. And I was like, "I'm not going to turn into Rehtaeh Parsons for this. I will remain public."” PeopleWholeTurnsStressDiedPoliceHandleSuitsBullshitPublicationBans Author:Lucy DeCoutere
“I feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player, no bullshit,' and that's what I got back. I got the respect.” FeelsPlayerHeyGet BackBullshitBassBass Players Author:Suzi Quatro
“When you are famous, you never can be sure why somebody's being nice. You just have to develop a very good sixth sense. I call it my bullshit detector.” NiceVery GoodBeing NiceBullshitSixth Sense Author:Suzi Quatro
“[Ed Lauter] was an actor's actor. I love working with that class of actor. You know, they come in, they do it, no bullshit. There's no artifice, there's no fanciness, they're just honest and tough and direct.” KnowsActorsClassHonestToughDirectBullshitArtifice Author:Rob Lowe
“Those beliefs about the essential goodness or beauty of the world are fundamentally paper-thin bullshit. There's not an essential belief that isn't a contingent belief. It could all be destroyed in a second, at any second. And I have an issue with that.” WorldBeliefIssuesEssentialsGoodnessPaperDestroyedBullshitBeauty Of The World Author:Zadie Smith
“This whole business of documentary being a second-class citizen is bullshit. A documentary can be as interesting, as dramatic, as sad, as funny, blah, blah, blah, as a fiction movie. Or it can be as awful as a fiction movie!” WholeInterestingFictionClassCitizensAwfulDramaticBullshitDocumentariesBlahSecond Class Citizens Author:Frederick Wiseman
“It is hubris, claim the critics of 'absolutism', to suppose that we could ever even approximate to a true description of how the world anyway is. It is bad faith or 'bullshit', respond 'absolutists', to suppose - as the rhetoric of postmodernism implies - that we could seriously live and act with the thought that truth and value are simply our own projections. An attractive feature of 'ineffabilism', as I see it, is that it evades these accusations.” WorldValuesClaimsCriticsFeaturesAttractiveDescriptionRhetoricBullshitProjectionAccusationPostmodernismHubrisAbsolutism Author:David E. Cooper
“One woman I interviewed, Amanda Ghost, said, "Let's not bullshit, there are no women at the top of the music business, and that is a serious problem." And I said, "Yes!" And I didn't shy away from saying that. But I still don't want to be in the firing line. I'm not clever or witty or brave enough to get into the political nitty-gritty with it.” WantSaidStillsEnoughProblemPoliticalLinesSeriousBraveWittyCleverGhostShyBullshitMusic BusinessOne WomanFiringAmanda Author:Laura Marling
“If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.” IfsShouldLimitsCome UpObjectivesDriversRacingBullshitStraightforwardRacing Driver Author:Niki Lauda
“Of course, the toxic bullshit of incessant advertising and show biz for nearly a century has stripped us of cognitive abilities for dealing with reality that used to be part of the normal equipment of adulthood - for instance, knowing the difference between wishing for stuff and making stuff happen. We bamboozled ourselves with too much magic.” ShowsRealityHappensUsedCoursesWishStuffDifferencesAbilityKnowingToo MuchMagicCenturyNormalAdvertisingUsed To BeInstanceToxicAdulthoodBullshitEquipmentCognitiveIncessantStuff HappensShow Biz Author:James Howard Kunstler
“I think my real fear is that I will get to old age and think I spent too much time concerned about the way that I look and other bullshit. That's really a fear of mine.” ThinkingWayLooksRealAgeToo MuchMinesConcernedOld AgeBullshit Author:June Diane Raphael
“I don't actually have cable. I watch TV, but only shows that I buy on DVD. As a result my TV rage factor is pretty low right now. I do have a real distaste for those extreme makeover shows. I once caught a roommate watching one and proceeded to rant for almost 15 solid minutes about how, in watching that bullshit, she was actively contributing to the destruction of all civilization.” RealShowsResultsWatchesMinutesTvsCivilizationRight NowLowsDestructionCaughtExtremesRageFactorsBullshitCablesContributingDvdsRantRoommateDistasteMakeovers Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“We know there's a clear gap in fairness. There just is in equity. In a lot of ways, economically, racially, blah, blah, blah. It just is. Not blaming anybody, it just is. So then you say, that can be interpreted and misinterpreted and used by a lot of different people. Some people run for office; some people try to gain influence. I generally believe all that's true. It's just, which one is the person who is accurately turning that dial and which one is using it as bullshit and lies? So, this is a tricky area to step into.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingBelievePersonsDifferentRunningUsedLyingStepsClearInfluenceOfficeGainsAreasBlameGapsFairnessBullshitEquityDifferent PeoplesTrickyBlahMisinterpreted Author:Michael Keaton
“With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert yourself, be macho, not let anybody walk over you, so that's where all this unnecessary bullshit comes from - from egos. That's why there are a lot of fights. That's how come the whole thing with rap has been violent. It's because of the male ego.” KindHas BeensWholeFightingStuffBlackWalksEgoMalesRapViolentTeenagerOver YouUnnecessaryBullshitGhettoMachoBlack MalesMale Ego Author:Q-Tip
“I see the audience as the final collaborator. I think it's kind of bullshit when people say, "I'm not interested in the audience reaction." I'm like, "Then why do you do theater? You can write a book, then you don't have to see how the audience reacts." It's a living, breathing thing.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindBookAudienceTheaterFinalsReactionsBreathingNot InterestedBullshitCollaborators Author:Lynn Nottage
“I think the mistake that people make often times is you just lose touch of reality and you have to never be afraid to call someone's bullshit or call someone's bluff when something doesn't make sense.” PeopleThinkingRealityLosesMistakeMake SenseBullshitBluffs Author:Tye Sheridan
“In terms of content, a lot of rap is crap, with all the sexism and homophobic bullshit. It's incredible how rappers are always preaching nonconformity - you know, "I'm just gonna go my own way and be my own man and blah blah blah" - but they're the first ones to do so many things that they have to do. They have to do that hip-hop thing, a certain way of walking, and it's so conformist.” MenTermWalkingIncrediblesRapSexismRapperPreachingBullshitCrapNonconformityConformistHomophobic Author:Nellie McKay
“New York is all about sort of a corporate sensibility, and it is squeezed out room for any other kind of sensibility, money talks, bullshit walks, I guess.” KindSensibilityBullshitMoney Talks Author:Chris Noth
“Performing as a musician is a lot different than performing as an actor. As an actor, you can hide behind the character in the play, and there's a director and other actors. When you're a musician, you're right there. It's sort of like being a comedian. You're giving the audience in real time something authentic from yourself. As an actor, my bullshit meter was going off like crazy at my first attempts to find my own rock star.” GivingDifferentRealCharacterAudienceCrazyMusicianComedianPerformingBullshitRock Star Author:Billy Crudup
“I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more important than what you're actually making. There's too much of that in the world - in everybody's world, not just in music. There's too much, "Are you hip to this kind of stuff?" "Hey, this is cool." "Are you hip to it, because this is what we're selling today?" I think it's bullshit.” ThinkingWorldKindImportantTodaySellingBullshit Author:Jason Pierce
“When I first started out in comics they would put me on these Women of Marvel panels, and these young women would come up to me and say, "I really want to write comics but I don't know if I can because I'm told that it's just for guys." I would say, "That's bullshit. That's absolute bullshit. Look at me!" But the one area where we still need to work on is that we need more women of color. That's not common thing yet.” WritingGuyCommonBullshitYoung WomenLook At Me Author:Marjorie M. Liu
“Trump will never give up his style, his way to target his enemies. The Americans are fed up with the bullshit they heard for many years. They want the truth, they want to believe what their leaders are saying again. Trump is such an underdog, a fighter - a man who rebels against the establishment, against all kinds of resistance. That is what Americans love.” MenGivingBelieveKindLeaderEnemyStyleGiving UpAll KindsFighterRebelBullshitNever Giving UpUnderdogFed Up Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Too many actors are trying to be cool: they're trying to do it with their hair, trying to do it with the color, trying to do it with clothes, or some bullshit attitude you're either cool or you're not, that is my theory. If you have to try, it is too late.” TryingAttitudeBullshitBeing Cool Author:Bruce Campbell
“We have so much access to one another through technology and everything else, that we're very much used to people being real. When folks go on TV and they're basically acting - if they were good actors they'd be acting and paid for it for a living, but they're not good actors. When we see bad acting, it doesn't look like bad acting, it looks weird, and we are turned off by it. I'm not talking about anybody in particular, that's just politics right now. This generation, I feel like, has incredible bullshit detectors.” PeopleRealActingTechnologyIncrediblesBeing RealBullshit Author:Jason Kander
“The biggest myth about fatherhood that you get given a direct phone number to talk to Santa and tell him how your kid has been behaving. Absolute bullshit. I got an email address and it's just giving me an out of office reply.” GivingKidsOfficeDirectMythBullshitFatherhood Author:Chris Ramsey
“It's hard to find people to trust in the record industry, always. It's an industry with a lot of bullshit. There's a lot of people who are in positions of power that really know nothing and care for nothing. So I think, yeah, you learn pretty early on that you've really got to trust yourself more than anybody else, and that nobody's going to care about what you do more than you.” PeopleThinkingCareBullshitTrust Yourself Author:Zac Hanson
“I like terrifying. Modeling's terrifying to a lot of people too. Standing in front of a camera is terrifying. I like a challenge. Sailing really forces you to be present and in the moment. You kind of forget about the bullshit of life. Your thoughts go away because you're focused on making sure everything's working. I like being in that place.” PeopleKindMomentsChallengesForgetFocusedGoing AwayBullshitSailing Author:Daria Werbowy
“In music so many people who have been addicts or suicidal are legends. People have this mentality, still, of thinking that if they go take care of themselves then they won't be as creative as they used to be. But I think that's bullshit. I bought into that one for years and I regret it because when I first went on medications, I thought I wouldn't be funny anymore. I thought I'd have to figure out a new life path but at least I'd be alive. But it turns out that I'm actually way more funny and organized and able to have a career now that I'm able to have my head on straight.” PeopleThinkingCareCreativePathRegretTake CareMentalityBullshitNew LifeAddictSuicidalI Regret Author:Chris Gethard
“Young Baby Boomers were forced to play duck-and-cover in school, in hopes that a desk would protect them from an atomic explosion. It was all bullshit, and they knew it. They were questioning the entire adult establishment, and that was the root cause of juvenile delinquency. It was also the root cause of EC's success; kids were looking for ways to numb themselves to this horror that they felt.” KidsSchoolBabyHorrorProtectQuestioningBullshitNumbJuvenileBaby Boomer Author:Al Feldstein
“Going to the office of some stranger and waiting in a line, in a hallway, with five other guys who look just like you, waiting your turn to go in and embarrass yourself, and then waiting around for feedback, which never comes. I really like that. For a young artist, it seems like the perfect thing to be doing, humiliation, over and over and over and over. Which I'm sure can't be the way that some people look at it, but I thought that was so great. The point of it is if you make your own stuff you don't have to deal with other people's bullshit.” PeopleArtistGuyWaitingPerfectLike YouOfficeStrangerBullshitHumiliationFeedbackOther Guys Author:Thomas McDonell
“We are never going to get anywhere unless we have an open dialogue that allows people to speak. If we just go in with anger towards those who hold a different opinion, we won't ever get anywhere. Take Brexit - the notion that everyone who voted leave is racist is bullshit and I really hate that. Some of the most vulnerable people in our society have been targeted and they have been brainwashed and lied to. The last thing we should be doing is shouting at them, blaming them and calling them names.” PeopleDifferentHateSpeakOpinionBlameDialogueVulnerableRacistBullshitLiedBrainwashed Author:Nadine Shah
“If someone comes up to me at a show and talks to me, if they're not freaking out about meeting me, which I'm just not very good at dealing with, of course I'll talk to them. I'm mean, they're a person. I'm not a monster. It may sound like bullshit humility, but I'm just a dude making music. I'd be doing this if no one was listening.” MeanHumilityListeningMeetingsVery GoodBullshitTalk To Me Author:Jeff Rosenstock
“I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil and the bullshit of our lives, and we make it into something that has a harmonious shape and sound.” ThinkingWritingChaosBullshit Author:Armistead Maupin
“As a director, I know everybody's job, and I know how to do it. I can smell bullshit when someone's telling me it can't be done, because I've seen it done a hundred thousand times.” DoneBullshit Author:Tim Matheson
“My own experience as a reader and writer has been that the more I read, and the more I live, the more different "types" of poetry I grow to love. I might not even believe anymore that there are "types" of poetry at all. I've come to love things I once would snootily have dismissed. Of course I still have my likes and dislikes, and there are things I think are just plain old bullshit, but more and more I am far more trusting of my loves than my dislikes.” ThinkingBelieveDifferentDislikeBullshit Author:Matthew Zapruder
“Every time I'm in the studio, I always think of my professor in undergrad. He was like, "There are so many artists in the world. If you're going to be an artist, make sure you have something to say. Don't just be an artist and put out bullshit. Have something to say." I guess that would be my philosophy and something I think about all the time. Every day when I'm in the studio I hear him and I see him. I remember him saying it in class. So that's something that I always want to make sure I have: I'm saying something with the work.” ThinkingWorldPhilosophyRememberArtistBullshit Author:Wardell Milan
“I think my philosophy on music is sort of like the difference between religion and spirituality or religion and faith. There's a lot of bullshit in the music industry. It's really tough to get a leg up and navigate around your gender and stereotypes. You feel hopeless, [but] all of that disappears the minute that I start writing a song. Then I record something and have that magical feeling. You have to have the negative and the positive. Trying to own that and go to that place in yourself creatively is the most important thing.” ThinkingWritingTryingImportantPhilosophyFeelingsSongSpiritualityMusic IsToughNegativeGenderDisappearHopelessBullshitStereotypeMusic Industry Author:Haley Bonar
“Real spiritual journey in life is the discovery of self. I think once you take all the religious bullshit away from Jesus Christ, it's saying it's about this journey of discovering who you are, and what's really important in life is simply love. That the journey of civilization, the journey of understanding, is forgiveness, is empathy. And that's what humanity is striving for.” ThinkingImportantRealSpiritualHumanityJesusUnderstandingChristReligiousJourneyEmpathyJesus ChristWho You AreStriveBullshitLife JourneySpiritual Journey Author:Matthew Modine
“Every art critic and every writer doesn't have a frame to start off from. If I made a statement saying, "This is Abstract Expressionism," they could go, "Well, he failed miserably," or, "Fantastic, this is a new genius!" But in art history, I don't see any of the artists I like spewing bullshit. I don't see anyone recording it or pronouncing what they were doing.” ArtArtistGeniusCriticsFantasticAbstractBullshitArt History Author:Damian Loeb
“I always talk about if you want to be an artist, you have to be authentic because people can tell bullshit a mile away. There is nothing wrong with creating a character, standing behind that character, and that being an authentic performance piece, because that's a piece of art as well. But if you want to be an artist in any form, you have to know to come with it.” PeopleArtCharacterArtistBullshit Author:Janina Gavankar
“People can sense you lying on the camera, they can smell it. They know when you're not telling the truth. Then it does become reality-show bullshit.” PeopleLyingTelling The TruthBullshit Author:Mariel Hemingway
“There's a lot of bullshit in Peter Fonda's autobiography. A great deal of it is complete fabrication.” BullshitAutobiography Author:Margot Kidder