The best Quotes by John Benjamin Hickey

The best Quotes by John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. He won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart.

Work is like a drug. I'm jonesing for more. It's gotten more addictive than I had realized. I get anxious when I have nothing to do now.

We all have competitive relationships with our siblings.

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Dante: "[seeing a Confederate flag] What? Are you serious?"
Lila: "Newsflash, we're in deep Texas."

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2022

The stars at night, are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas,
The prairie sky is wide and high,
deep in the heart of Texas.

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Of course, nobody I knew in East-Texas in 1989 cared about Newtonian Physics. The only Newtons they cared about were Wayne and Fig.

Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon - Season 1 Episode 1

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When a Texan gets knocked off a horse, he gets right back on. That is the second most important thing about bein' a Texan, right after thinkin' you're better than everybody else.

Sheldons Großmutter "Meemaw" in Young Sheldon - Season 4 Episode 8

"Did you grow up in Texas?"
Meemaw: "Took my first bath in a ten-gallon hat."

Sheldons Großmutter "Meemaw" in Young Sheldon - Season 2 Episode 13

Sheldon: "Texas, Oklahoma... what's the difference?"
Meemaw: "Hey, now, I think you might want to crack open your psychology textbook 'cause that there is crazy talk."

Sheldons Großmutter "Meemaw" in Young Sheldon - Season 2 Episode 9

Amy: "Lino's reinventing Thanksgiving."
Zora: "Oh, good. 'Cause if there's anything Texans love, it's different sh-t."

From Scratch - Season 1

Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lone Star state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

Bowling for Soup - Ohio (Come Back to Texas), Album: A Hangover You Don’t Deserve

In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.

Kenny Smith

Basketball American Football Texas Georgia

Lila: "So, Richter, why are you such a nihilist?"
Richter: "A what?"
Lila: "I mean, anyone who blasts diesel into the atmosphere like that, truly gives zero f-s about like anything."
Richter: "I'm a Texan. I don't like people telling me what to do. Especially smug, self-righteous, rich, city folk."

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2022

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas

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Work Motivation

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas Edison

8

Work Giving Up Beginning

"Little Sisters' Survival Guide, rule number thirty-seven," Skylar said.
"Scream before they hit you."

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in Every Other Day

Siblings Sisters

Of course I can fight. I grew up with four siblings.

Irelia, the Blade Dancer in League of Legends

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

Louis de Funès

2

Laughing & Smile

Stop that! I'm your boss...- uhm: husband!

Louis de Funès - Der Querkopf

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

Emma Watson

4

What gets scary is when your self-worth is tied up in what strangers think of you.

Emma Watson

3

Self-Confidence

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Orson Welles

1

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

Orson Welles

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Anthony Hopkins

1

Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Anthony Hopkins

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

Emilia Clarke

I came out of my mum's stomach going, "I want to be an actor!"

Emilia Clarke

We think too much and feel too little.

Charlie Chaplin

14

Thinking Feelings & Emotions

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Charlie Chaplin

13

Crying & Tears Rain

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

Jackie Chan

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.

Jackie Chan

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Klaus Kinski

1

Failures & Mistakes

I only drink with people I like. When meeting people I don't like, I drink right before.

Klaus Kinski

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

Bruce Willis

Hair loss is God's way of telling me I'm human.

Bruce Willis

I dream of a day where I walk down the street and hear people talk about Morality, Sustainibility and Philoshophy instead of the Kardashians.

Keanu Reeves

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The Kardashians

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

Keanu Reeves

3

Relationships Falling in love

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

Samuel L. Jackson

Barack Obama 2008

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

Samuel L. Jackson

Wealth & Richness

You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

Johnny Depp

63

Heart Feelings & Emotions Seeing

If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first one you wouldn't have fallen for the second.

Johnny Depp

43

I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, "I should be there; I should be helping out."

Paul Walker

Indonesia Helping

As you go through the grind and the distraction of a career, it's easy to lose sight of your dreams.

Paul Walker

3

Dreaming Career

If I love you, I show you I love you every day. Little things, big things.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

3

Love declerations

The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

2

Character Self-Confidence

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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