Misha Quotes

#1. In 1979, Dubai had learned a valuable lesson from the Iranian Revolution and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: trouble has its bright side.

Misha Glenny

#2. I've never done too much inquiry into angels.

Misha Collins

#3. I've always had a fascination with hugging (I'm not really particular about who or what it is I'm embracing as long as there's a "squish" factor).

Misha Collins

#4. It warms the cockles of my heart. Words chosen carefully.

Misha Collins

#5. I want to live in a world where 'normal' is an insult.

Misha Collins

#6. I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.

Misha Collins

#7. Why would you put bacon on nachos in the first place?" Misha asked.
"Dude. We're in America. We put bacon on everything.

Avon Gale

#8. The Internet has fashioned a new and complicated environment for an age-old dilemma that pits the demands of security against the desire for freedom.

Misha Glenny

#9. My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as a writer specialising in the Balkans has created a myth that I have Slavic connections, but actually I am British.

Misha Glenny

#10. I am honored to even be considered for any list that includes such icons as Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. I have had posters of those guys hanging over my bed for years now. I find the whole thing quite arousing.

Misha Collins

#11. I'm not actually pop culture or social media savvy. I really didn't know what Twitter was when I created an account.

Misha Collins

#12. Something not from earth," Jean Luc said. The setup was too perfect. Misha looked at me, and I sighed, dreading what he would be unable to stop himself from saying next. "Live long and prosper.

A.E. Jones

#13. As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.

John Shirley

#14. SeLF censorsHIP?
Not my strong suit ... I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g , but a little bit of one.

Misha Collins

#15. Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

Misha Collins

#16. When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun.

Misha Collins

#17. Beliavsky told me that, when he scolded Misha for giving to the Sports Committee almost all of his prize of several thousand dollars for winning the World Blitz Championship in Saint John, Misha simply replied: 'Well, they asked me for it and I gave it to them.

Genna Sosonko

#18. I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

Misha Collins

#19. I've been compiling a list of art project ideas for a long time. These are ideas of things I would love to see someday. They range from the practical - jackets with woodstoves in them - to the sublime - images of nuns on waterslides.

Misha Collins

#20. I am passionate about tea, running, the idea that we are bound only by the limits of our imaginations, and maple syrup.

Misha Collins

#21. You do not have my consent to pass on. Now take my blood!" Misha ordered. More

Cecy Robson

#22. Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Misha Collins

#23. Being God is not all it's cracked up to be, and it's not as easy as one would think it would be. You'd think the deck would be really stacked in your favor as God, but of course, I've run into some pretty big obstacles and problems.

Misha Collins

#24. The purpose of Knowledge is to create a doorway which leads to the Truth

Misha Hoo

#25. Misha, my best friend who got me into bed and fucked me with a lie.

Penelope Douglas

#26. Stop it, Misha. Stop being so frightened of everything. But she couldn't stop. She carried fear with her like a little animal, curled in the nook behind her heart, and it whispered to her. You are weak, you are frightened, and you will never dare do anything at all.

Stefan Bachmann

#27. Tell me I'm crazy for thinking you're holding back from me as much as I'm hiding you.

Penelope Douglas

#28. Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second, you'll miss something and things will get screwed up. And here's a little secret that I'm going to let out of the bag: That is not the case with acting.

Misha Collins

#29. The internet is fracturing into a series of huge country-based intranets, in which governments define, in the name of security, what is legitimate personal and intellectual communication, and what is not.

Misha Glenny

#30. Did you know that your open thighs are directly responsible for my renewable energy source?

Penelope Douglas

#31. The point of art is to inspire you to create your own.

Misha Collins

#32. I guess haiku is an inspiration for me. Everyday, simple moments.

Misha Collins

#33. There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't.

Misha Glenny

#34. I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

Misha Collins

#35. A little of this caviar finds its way to the fish restaurants around Istanbul's Taksim Square, but the bulk is sent on to the United Arab Emirates to be enjoyed by wealthy Westerners and Arabs in the preposterous hotels that have set new standards in unnecessary opulence.

Misha Glenny

#36. She can be a nightmare, but this still feels better than any dream.

Penelope Douglas

#37. The power of Manifestation is the ability to make seen the unseen, to real~ise the unreal

Misha Hoo

#38. Don't pressure yourself. Don't worry about what others think you should do or what the societal "norm" is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow.

Misha Collins

#39. I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she's going to drag me there herself.

Penelope Douglas

#40. Misha didn't appear taken by her charm. He eyed her as if she's asked him to make her a garlic pizza in the shape of a cross. I laughed: I couldn't help it. Leave it to Shayna to try to befriend the guy who'll probably suck us dry by sundown.

Cecy Robson

#41. I think participating in GISHWHES is a crash course in facing our fears: people go to crowded shopping malls wearing scuba gear, order from a fast food restaurant in Shakespearean verse or jump out of airplanes among many other tasks.

Misha Collins

#42. I occasionally go to a yoga class. Everyone looks so limber and coordinated compared to me. I feel like I scare my classmates.

Misha Collins

#43. He looked up at me and taught me a lesson in about one second of silence. It didn't make a damn bit of difference who was doing the standing and who was doing the sitting. He was towering over me, his dark eyes letting me know that he was in charge. That he had all the power.

Misha Horne

#44. It's fun to see people blow through their own perceived limitations.

Misha Collins

#45. Dressage is when you put a dress on your horse. It's like putting on drag, but for horses.

Misha Collins

#46. I'm Russian," Misha said with the faintest hint of a smile. "We angst, Max."
"I see that. Well, I'm American. We force shit on other people if we think they need it.

Avon Gale

#47. When you're doing lots and lots of episodes and you're playing the same character, it's great because you really get to know the character and it becomes a really fast style and you find subtleties in it.

Misha Collins

#48. I am. I kill. I maim, I bleed. And I keep my boyfriend from being fucked hard." Misha

K.A. Merikan

#49. The image of a person completely covered in cotton candy made me laugh the most. I'm not sure why. To me, being tarred and feathered in sugar is just good comedy.

Misha Collins

#50. Ah, Misha, he has a stormy spirit. His mind is in bondage. He is haunted by a great, unsolved doubt. He is one of those who don't want millions, but an answer to their questions.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#51. If God is watching your every move, you should probably straighten up your act a little bit.

Misha Collins

#52. I've always wondered about your name," Misha said to Hijja while scraping a bit of space gunk from the window of their spaceship.

Mads Sukalikar

#53. I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think about much at all, as it turns out. It's very easy. And then when you step into the director's role, there's this whole universe of stuff that you have to pay attention to that's amazing to me.

Misha Collins

#54. I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she'd going to drag me there herself.

Penelope Douglas

#55. You turn me on." He cups my face, brushing my hair away from my eyes and a tear off my cheek."
"God, you turn me on. You're driving me crazy. I want you to need my hands on you. Do you?

Penelope Douglas

#56. When you are acting, you are just one piece of the puzzle. You don't see how everything fits together. It feels like you have less authorship over the entire product. In directing, you take the entire picture into account, so you're challenged in a different way.

Misha Collins

#57. I've been a river kayaker for a long time and I've done quite a few trips. I like kayaking and I like canoeing. I don't really like being on yachts or sailboats or cruise ships. I don't like anything that's large and not human-powered.

Misha Collins

#58. You don't have to sleep with prostitutes or take drugs in order to have a relationship with organized crime. They affect our bank accounts. They affect our communications, our pension funds. They even affect the food that we eat and our governments.

Misha Glenny

#59. I've always liked sci-fi/fantasy films. I've never really followed any sci-fi television shows though. I wouldn't consider myself a fan. When asked, I think I say the Matrix is my favorite movie.

Misha Collins

#60. We are bound only by the limits of our imaginations.

Misha Collins

#61. For most of the last thirty years the judicial system has been fairly consistent: once they leave your body, you do not own your tissue, organs, or bodily fluids or any of the revenue they might generate for a biotech company, a university, or anyone else.

Misha Angrist

#62. I think that's what art is: art is communication made in the hope that interesting miscommunications will arise.

Misha Glouberman

#63. As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.

Misha Collins

#64. I have no life there if you're not in it. You're part of everything good I've ever done, Ryen. Please.

Penelope Douglas

#65. Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Misha Collins

#66. Being a father is like directing Alien or Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's much more difficult than directing an episode of TV. Also, directing a show or movie lasts a few months at most, parenting lasts for decades.

Misha Collins

#67. I'm just trying to remember what self-respect feels like. It's a fading memory.

Misha Collins

#68. When I try to use incantations at work i often find they have no effect and my coworkers just laugh at me.

Misha Collins

#69. I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless.

Misha Collins

#70. I've done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl's father. It's a half-hour comedy. And I'll be doing some more of those. I have a movie coming out that I did with Misha Barton, called Don't Fade Away.

Beau Bridges

#71. When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In a matter of a couple of hours, $30,000 had been donated. That, to me, was eye-opening.

Misha Collins

#72. I am a frustrating interviewee. I'm like Ronald Reagan. I don't remember and I don't recall.

Misha Collins

#73. I bite my bottom lip, trying not to cry. I never cry in front of them.

Penelope Douglas

#74. My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time.

Richard Krajicek

#75. If you can dress as a stormtrooper and go to a laundromat, or wear a sexy cheese gown in public, you might start to find "normal" social interactions a little less daunting.

Misha Collins

#76. My eyes burn with tears, and I'm so tired. So tired of holding back everything I feel and want to say. So tired of being someone I'm not and making mistakes that I didn't have any fun making.

Penelope Douglas

#77. I'm scared shitless because I love you very much. I have never felt anything this fucking great and debilitating at the same time.

Katerina Winters

#78. It is good to be God, yeah. It's nice to get the recognition that I've been working so hard for.

Misha Collins

#79. Longing, because I miss her. I miss talking to her as me.
Lust greater than I've ever known, because we're like this, it's the only time she softens and changes and gives me an inch, and it's a need that's in my head just as much as my body. It keeps me on my toes.

Penelope Douglas

#80. Our legal department was Stuart Dogs, one of the few fully human people on our payroll. He was a Cherokee from Oklahoma with a brutal legal mind and the enviable ability to simply not worry about weird shit that didn't concern him.

Misha Burnett

#81. Angels are totally real. Tinkerbell has a hot ass. Wendigos exist. It's all true. Satan is blonde. True fact.

Misha Collins

#82. For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of acting.

Misha Collins

#83. I am not on tumblr. I can barely spell tumblr. However, there does seem to be someone on tumblr (who copied my reddit user name) who is apparently trying to impersonate me. I like the idea that people are pretending to be me. I spend most of my time pretending not to be me.

Misha Collins

#84. Helping others pulls us out of our own problems. And so does dressing up like frogs and playing leap frog in a Starbucks. Who would've known.

Misha Collins

#85. If i write a book it will probably be a book about how not to use the internet or a book of poetry.

Misha Collins

#86. The way Misha tells it, he drove like a blind man, giving the car almost full independence to feel its way along, bumping off things, only giving the wheel a spin with the tips of this fingers when the situation verged on life threatening.

Nicole Krauss

#87. I paid my way through college as a carpenter and a woodworker. So I've built the house I live in and most of the furniture that's in it, and I do a lot of woodworking still.

Misha Collins

#88. A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.

Misha Collins

#89. And no matter how tough he acts, the stress of whatever situation he's in is in there somewhere. Buried deep or right underneath the surface.

Penelope Douglas