Madchen Amick Quotes

'Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?'

Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.

People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.

I don't want to detach. I don't want to go live in a gated community.

Ideally the world would look like Davos, where there's more security than we can even see on the street.

A fortress is only as safe as the men who guard it.

When a strong man armed, keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace

For a man's house is his castle.

Your home is your castle; defend it in any way necessary.

All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.

There are people who are blond and blue-eyes who are walking through airports that are terrorists. There are people who look exactly like me who are terrorists.

The best luxury in the world isn't a diamond ring or a nice house - well, it could be - but it's privacy.

Letting your guard down and the world into your home is very risky, I know.

I defend my goal as if it were my home. I do my best to defend it and not to allow anyone to score goals or penetrate that. It's true.

You have to defend properly.

I live in Kingston. When I tell people I live in Kingston, they start fearing for my life. People ask me if I have Internet in Jamaica. Like, seriously?

Bodyguards offer fake security. The real security comes from having your enemies know nothing about you.

You do see some outrageous things and people in Beverly Hills. I'm not always quite sure what to make of it.

You build something but you cant live in the house because you sit around guarding it.

Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.