“As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.”
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.
“Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.”
“As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.”
“The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.”
“If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.”
“My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.”
“But when you're a working actor - and that's what you keep saying in your head, how blessed you are to have a job - and you are working with heavyweights, working with the best guys in TV, it's pretty cool. Exhausting, but cool.”
“I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.”
“I want to be a cool mom.”
“Yeah, I get to fight in 'Eclipse.' My trainer is teaching me MMA right now. So. Cool.”
“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.”
“I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.”
“When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.”
“Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.”
“I've never been cool - and I don't care.”
“I never really loved school through junior high, but then I started running track my freshman year, and I was just like, 'Wow, this is cool!'”
“I'm not a movie star. People know me, but they don't necessarily know what they know me for. I get recognised, but it's not like Justin Bieber. It's a nice thing, people are cool.”