Quote

It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something.

Henry Rollins

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
Actor
Blogger
Film Actor
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Musician
Peace Activist
Poet
Radio Personality
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Washington
District of Columbia
Henry Garfield
Americans
Difficult
Tell
Something

More quotes by Henry Rollins

Image
My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something that I liked because I could do it alone and I was alone a lot of the time with my mother working the hours she did. Books became my friends very early on.
Henry Rollins
Image
I'm most comfortable on stage.
Henry Rollins
Image
You are the untold story. You are the impassioned truth wanting to scream its existence, to be forever trapped by a strong hand clapped firmly over the mouth of my soul.
Henry Rollins
Image
Life is death in slow motion.
Henry Rollins
Image
When you're very young, images that you upload into your very young mind tend to stay with you.
Henry Rollins
Image
'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.
Henry Rollins
Image
If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.
Henry Rollins
Image
Adolescence is a plague on the senses.
Henry Rollins
Image
The more I learn about Mr. Romney, the less there is to admire.
Henry Rollins
Image
I don't know how much you follow current events. For some, there's not enough time to keep up on what's happening for others, the news is too depressing, and peering too deeply fills one with boiling frustration all too quickly.
Henry Rollins
Image
I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.
Henry Rollins
Image
Humans will take a rain forest and lose it and cover it with concrete. They will take the woods and turn it into a parking garage and I am not saying that's bad. I am just saying that's what we do. We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.
Henry Rollins
Image
Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person.
Henry Rollins
Image
I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their Klan Watch newsletters. I'm very well aware of White Power movements in America.
Henry Rollins
Image
You can still function as a living ruin.
Henry Rollins
Image
You can't get your head around something if you're yelling.
Henry Rollins
Image
The easy solution isn't the solution, it's the problem.
Henry Rollins
Image
I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.
Henry Rollins
Image
I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate- and geography-wise, the planet seems to have little use for us.
Henry Rollins
Image
Nelson Mandela will always be the face of South Africa. The traveler passing through the country will see Mandela's face almost everywhere he looks. Truly, the man is omnipresent.
Henry Rollins