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Gary Busey at an event for The Queen (2006)

Quotes

Gary Busey

  • Great things like this only happen for the first time once.
  • It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.
  • Never dip lower than you can dip.
  • You know what "FEAR" stands for? It stands for "False Evidence Appearing Real". It's the darkroom where Satan develops his negatives.
  • You know what "FAILING" stands for? It stands for "Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth".
  • You know what "SOBER" stands for? It stands for "Son Of a B****, Everything's Real"!
  • You know what "DOUBT" stands for? It stands for "Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts".
  • You know what "ROMANCE" stands for? It stands for "Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy".
  • [To a huge fan who asked him to sign Buddy Holly's name to a color photo]: There IS no OTHER Buddy Holly... I like Buddy fine, but *I'm* Gary Busey.
  • Drinking your own blood is the paradigm of recycling.
  • Men are failed women at birth.
  • If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
  • The more time you take to come clean, the less time it takes dirt to come for you.
  • (on Jeff Bridges) He's an artist, an actor who wants to tell stories with pictures.
  • [A Post on Twitter] Running backwards naked through a cornfield at midnight will show you where you've been.
  • [on being cast in the title role for The Buddy Holly Story (1978)] They finally realized I have the same-sized teeth.
  • [on his Harley Davidson accident] It knocked a big hole in my skull, which filled with bone from my jaw.

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