“In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.” WantYearsLooksMadeCharacterCrazyCollectionsMenagerie Author:Dan Fogler
“I have the largest collection of Hulk memorabilia in the world - everything from toilet paper, wallpaper, bicycles - all boxed up at my house in Northern California. I've had it for so long, I think it might be time to sell it.” ThinkingWorldLongMightHousePaperSellsCaliforniaCollectionsToiletsBicycleToilet PaperMemorabiliaNorthern California Author:Lou Ferrigno
“I inherited this collection of vinyl records, which at that time numbered 6,000, and I've since continued to collect music. As you know, vinyl records can be very heavy, so every time I have to move into a new house, I need to build a complete new wall of shelves to put all these records, which is a nightmare for the architect.” KnowsNeedsMovingHouseRecordsWallHeavyCollectionsNightmareArchitectShelvesVinyl Author:Frida Giannini
“When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security prisons, shooting galleries, bone collections, etc.” SaidDoneCrazySecurityReaderTasteResearchPrisonBonesShootingCollectionsEtcLockedLocationMaximumGalleryIntimidatingVisitingPsychTrust Myself Author:Lisa Gardner
“We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other.” PeopleStatesRememberCommonConcernBoundsCollectionsRegionsCarolinaNorth Carolina Author:Mike Easley
“These changes-the more rapid pulse, the deeper breathing, the increase of sugar in the blood, the secretion from the adrenal glands-were very diverse and seemed unrelated. Then, one wakeful night, after a considerable collection of these changes had been disclosed, the idea flashed through my mind that they could be nicely integrated if conceived as bodily preparations for supreme effort in flight or in fighting. Further investigation added to the collection and confirmed the general scheme suggested by the hunch.” IfsMindIdeasScienceNightFightingEffortBloodIncreaseDeeperSupremeFlightPreparationBreathingCollectionsSugarInvestigationDiverseSchemesHypothesisRapidsPulseIntegratedHunchesGlandsAdrenal Glands Author:Walter Bradford Cannon
“[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints.” CultureInterestAppearanceStrangerSurfaceCollectionsConstraints Book:After Virtue Source: After Virtue
“Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.” GuitarMy FavoriteCollectionsElectricElectric Guitar Author:Dan Fogelberg
“I'm not looking for people to bow down to me or do things in my name or even pass around a collection plate for me. I say that I'd like to be God for a while because He really can get away with anything. I mean, ANYTHING.” PeopleMeanNamesCollectionsGet AwayBowsPlates Author:Paul Feig
“I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also understand the depth of it.” JobsCitiesFashionNew YorkDepthCollectionsNew York CityFrivolousLevity Author:Prabal Gurung
“I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it.” YearsWrittenSpecialSeriousGladExpensiveCollectionsCopies Author:Tom Glazer
“I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.” DoneWantedSongRecordsCollectionsComposerGreat AmericanShowcase Author:Charlie Haden
“The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.” HumansGoldBritishIslandsCollectionsMuseumsFinestHuman IntelligenceBritish Museum Author:Daniel Hannan
“I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.” ThinkingKindWholeSongEasyGrowing UpRecordsGrowingHeardDadAdvantageMy DadWhole LifeCollectionsJail Author:Chris Isaak
“What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.” LittlesCountryRunningEnjoyCarWeatherCollectionsTrafficRoutesLoopsAntiquesOld Car Author:Alan Jackson
“But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.” ArtRealAbleArtistSeeingWorstCollectionsPhiladelphiaGood ArtGood ArtistMatisse Author:Jemima Kirke