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Cool means whatever you decide it means.

This set pushes back against borrowed definitions of cool, arguing instead for setting your own standard rather than following magazines or TV. It also touches on how simple it's become to jump into a new scene. Related reading in Chill Quotes.

I had to take false steps and go through hard times to come out to where I am now. I can't imagine living without acting. It's not easy, and I don't disrespect anyone who steps out of it after a...

Quotes by Marylouise Burke

Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.

Quotes by Masashi Kishimoto

I like the way Quentin Tarantino creates a scene using a series of close-ups or showing very cool images of a person or people walking on some ordinary street in slow motion. I wish I could achieve that kind of...

Quotes by Masashi Kishimoto

Exaggeration can lend action scenes more force, but I like to stick to more realistic figures: They help keep the cool in the action scenes, although they may be not as forceful as the exaggerated ones.

Quotes by Masashi Kishimoto

Being in a video game just feels so cool.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los...

Quotes by Mary-Kate Olsen

Our career is a dream. I mean, we get to act, travel around the world, and meet cool people. What's not to love!

Quotes by Mary-Kate Olsen

I worked on heads-up displays, virtual-reality technology, and holographic displays - all sorts of really cool technology.

Quotes by Mary Lou Jepsen

I like America. I think it's pretty cool.

Quotes by Mary Lynn Rajskub

That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and...

Quotes by Martina McBride

I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.

Quotes by Martin Puryear

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine...

Quotes by Martin Short

You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become the mother of your kids. America needs to get back to family values.

Quotes by Martin Lawrence

I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

I was probably cool around the end of 2002.

Quotes by Martin Freeman

When I was young, running with a gang was a cool thing to do; that's how you get popular; that's how you get the girls.

Quotes by Martin Compston

The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above...

Quotes by Martin Filler

I'm cool with my body, I love my body. I wouldn't trade it for no other body.

Quotes by Marshawn Lynch

My mind is like a theme park, because it's fun and there's lots of cool stuff and you can take rides.

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

It's always cool to make a comeback like 45 Michael Jordan did, or like Marshawn Lynch.

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different ideas about 'cool' appear in these quotes?
They range from defining cool for yourself rather than following others, to calling something pretty cool, to appreciating the low barrier to entry in enthusiast press, to comparing Hollywood's social labels to a high-school caste system.
Is there a quote about defining 'cool' for yourself?
Yes. One quote says their definition of cool is "finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you." For more on this idea, see Cool People quotes.
Is there a quote calling something 'pretty cool'?
Yes - one speaker simply says, "Monster Hearts is pretty cool!" For more short, enthusiastic quotes, browse Chill quotes.
Is there a quote about enthusiast press?
Yes. One quote calls the low barrier to entry "A cool thing about enthusiast press," noting that anyone can decide to start publishing immediately. For more on this theme, see Cooler quotes.
Is there a quote comparing Hollywood to a high school caste system?
Yes - one quote describes Hollywood as "like a really sad, grown up version of high school" where people get labeled cool, not cool, jock, bombshell, or quirky, comparing it to "a caste system." For more on social status, see Status quotes.

Another quote compares Hollywood to a rigid high school caste system, sorting people into labels whether they fit or not. Continue with Cool People Quotes or Cooler Quotes.