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Cool Quotes

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.

It's been cool to have my name mentioned when people say R&B is on the comeback and I'm the leading person. If you had told me at 16 that I would be that person - you're lying.

Quotes by Ella Mai

I'm friends with Elizabeth Banks - she's a great actress but not actressy at all. She's very cool. I adore her.

Quotes by Elizabeth Reaser

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I...

Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

I don't really understand why people are so interested in me, personally. I'm just a curator. I'm just telling people things I think are cool.

Quotes by Elise Andrew

I'm very lucky because people send me a lot of stuff and post cool articles and pictures on my wall, which does make life a lot easier for me. When we were at 60,000 or 100,000 'likes,' I was still...

Quotes by Elise Andrew

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

Quotes by Eliza Dushku

Death is staring too long into the burning sun and the relief of entering a cool, dark room.

Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I wish I was super-serious, anguished. I see those actors, and I am like, 'Oh God, they are so cool, and they seem so interesting.' I don't take acting that seriously.

Quotes by Elisabeth Moss

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

Quotes by Elia Kazan

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

Quotes by Elena Kagan

I want to represent my color and ethnicity. To be proud of our heritages is really cool.

Quotes by Elana Meyers

If you meet someone on the street that likes something that you did or likes the way you brought this character to life, that's really rewarding. That's really cool.

Quotes by Elden Henson

I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.

Quotes by Eleanor Mondale

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

Quotes by Eleanor Mondale

Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a matter of gender, is almost entirely dependent on culture - a culture that teaches girls math isn't cool and no one will date them if they excel in physics.

Quotes by Eileen Pollack

I'm born and raised in Mexico. I only spent eight months in the States, but definitely English is a really big part of my life, and I love it. Thank God my mom put me in American school because I'm...

Quotes by Eiza Gonzalez

I can have an accent and not have an accent, so it's really cool. I can play with it. I can be very Sofia Vergara, too, so it's really cool.

Quotes by Eiza Gonzalez

It's pretty cool being 40 and having your blow-up moment.

Quotes by El-P

Are the Simpsons cool? They are, and that is crude 2D animation.

Quotes by Edwin Catmull

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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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.