“I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for.”
Cool is one of those qualities that disappears the moment you try too hard to have it. These quotes explore style, composure, confidence, and the effortless quality that makes certain people magnetic. Some are serious, some are funny, all are worth a second read.
“The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.”
“I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for.”
“If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'”
“Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.”
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
“I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talking about, thinking about, life's big questions-make it cool and OK to wonder about the heart, the soul and free will and God and death and big topics like that, big human topics.”
“If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.”
“There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.”
“I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.”
“I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album.”
“I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.”
“I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.”
“But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.”
“Man, I love the 'Lord of the Rings' movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.”
“They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.”
“Keep cool my babies.”