Hilton Als Quotes

I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

Everybody knows I got a temper. It's not a temper temper-not an off-the-field temper. It's a competitive temper, wanting to do good. But as far as being a guy who disrupts a lot of things, who doesn't want to listen? Nah, man. That's false. That's false because I'm excelling.

When a man has a problem very thoroughly and can't solve it, he really has too few problems. He needs more.

I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes.

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

I love challenges. If you don't have any and can do whatever you want, then it's probably time to die.

I row for about 40-45 minutes every morning and put in my iPod and it's a huge range. That's when I listen to either things that I just love and know very well and just want to pay attention, it's also where I listen to things that are new that I want to get to know.

I'd tell you all you want and more, if the sounds I made could be what you hear

For me, to represent people who represent the future of Canada and the great challenges we will face over the coming decades - this is where I wanted to start. I'm a teacher; I'm a convenor; I'm a gatherer; I'm someone who reaches out to people and is deeply interested in what they have to say. And people see that I'm not faking it. I'm actually genuinely committed to this dialogue that we're opening up, and this understanding that needs to happen in order to be an effective MP.

I always really curious to see how people interpret things. I know my version, and I'm kind of bored with my version so I want to see their version.

If we want to end this lifetime higher than we began, we can expect an uphill road.

I just want to keep trying to surprise myself and I want to keep challenging myself.

Your best servant is the person who does not attend so much to hearing what he himself wants as to willing what he has heard from you.

I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.

If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

People who want their love easy don't really want love.

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself.

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and tough times, what seems to matter most is the way we show those nearest us that we've been listening to their needs, to their joys, and to their challenges.

I think in between where you are and where you want to be is a sea of reasons why you can't get there.