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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.

Using something that is really painful, generally, as the percussive element for a beat, I think is cool.

Quotes by Daveed Diggs

I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not.

Quotes by Dave Mustaine

It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.

Quotes by Dave Eggers

The possibilities are endless now, with performing, getting your music online, getting your own website and getting your music out there. I think that's very cool and amazing.

Quotes by Dave Gahan

Mumford and Sons and Adele are both incredible artists and are great for popular music. There's a lot of club music with heavy beats, so to have that Mumford record and hear banjos being used is so cool.

Quotes by Dave Haywood

For a long time the people at my shows were sort of the Pantera-tattoo trucker guys, really cool dudes, but I don't know what happened to them. That's the crowd that I like, the ones that don't get so offended...

Quotes by Dave Attell

I don't watch reality TV. I'm cool.

Quotes by Dave Attell

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

Quotes by Dave Barry

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

Quotes by Dave Chappelle

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.

Quotes by Darren Criss

I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.

Quotes by Daryl Hall

The cool thing about 'Spy Kids 3D: Game Over' was that Robert Rodriguez brought back 3D. I feel like he did with that film. Now, every film is 3D.

Quotes by Daryl Sabara

We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ashanti and all those other cool people there in front of President Bush and the rest of the world feels awesome....

Quotes by Darius Rucker

In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.

Quotes by Daron Malakian

I guess you'd say I'm a gearhead. It's not just guitars; I have five or six drum sets, a bunch of keyboards... It's like Guitar Center exploded, and all the cool stuff dropped in my backyard. I'm a really lucky...

Quotes by Daron Malakian

I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.

Quotes by Darrell Royal

Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky.

Quotes by Darren Aronofsky

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

Quotes by Dar Williams

Unless something real cool comes along, I will probably be doing features, so long as I can make a living doing that. Otherwise, I will do another show.

Quotes by Danny Masterson

In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.

Quotes by Danny McBride

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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.