Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up.

People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above.

To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.

I both love and do not love; and am mad and not mad.

You had to hate the Colonel a whole lot to keep from loving him.

This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.

We don't stop loving people just because we hate them, but we don't stop hating them either.

I'm an actor. Never trust an actor, whatever their energy is. I suppose you guys see that side of me, but I'm sure there's plenty of people close to me who've seen the other one. I think if we're all honest with ourselves, we all know that internal rage.

He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell.

Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.

I have fervently been on both sides of that question at different times.

It's always interesting to see somebody struggling with two different sides of their personality.

At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time.

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can't imagine how often I've tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne - to beat her down, hide her.

I have back-and-forth feelings about everything a lot - it's not limited to my albums.

It's a weird dynamic - I guess there is a fine line between hope and sadness. Sometimes you can be feeling both at the same time.

You walked in, laughing, tears welling confused, mingling in your throat. How can you be so many women to so many people, oh you strange girl?