Diesel Quotes

• It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

  Vin Diesel

  College, Racing, Motorcycle

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

  68 Copy quote

  Show source

• Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Men, Choices, Matter

  Edwin Louis Cole (1998). “Absolute Answers to Prodigal Problems”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated

  71 Copy quote

  Show source

• I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.

  Vin Diesel

  Running, Hair, Hands

  47 Copy quote

• If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.

  Vin Diesel

  Inspirational, Dream, New York

  48 Copy quote
• 

  Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.

  Vin Diesel

  Men, Choices, Gentleman

  65 Copy quote

• If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.

  Vin Diesel

  School, Choices, Superhero

  9 Copy quote

• With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

  Vin Diesel

  Kissing, People, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  26 Copy quote

  Show source

• The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

  Vin Diesel

  Kids, Games, Play

  16 Copy quote

• I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers- because you did, too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world. The most important thing in life, will always be the people in this room. Salute mi familia. You'll always be with me... And you'll always be my brother.

  Vin Diesel

  Brother, Thinking, Things In Life

  24 Copy quote

• Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

  Vin Diesel

  Dream, Night, Hobbies

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. March 31, 2003.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.

  Vin Diesel

  Trying, Looks, Feminine

  5 Copy quote

• I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.

  Vin Diesel

  Wall, Dark, Walking Away

  6 Copy quote

• You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality, you don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.

  Vin Diesel

  Dark, Marijuana, Reality

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. March 31, 2003.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.

  Vin Diesel

  Congratulations, Stupid, Feel Good

  8 Copy quote

• I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.

  Vin Diesel

  Thanksgiving, Thank God, Encounters

  3 Copy quote

• We all deal with being unfairly judged.

  Vin Diesel

  Deals, Judged

  13 Copy quote

• I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

  Vin Diesel

  Art, Practice, Champion

  3 Copy quote

• I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

  Vin Diesel

  Team, Bullshit, Driving Fast

  52 Copy quote
• 

  It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

  Vin Diesel

  Dream, Insecurity, Way

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• You break her heart, I'll break your neck.

  Vin Diesel

  Heart, Cute Sister, Necks

  4 Copy quote

• Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

  Vin Diesel

  Games, Video, Steps

  55 Copy quote

• My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

  Vin Diesel

  Mom, Who I Am, Guy

  4 Copy quote

• Deal-making goes on with any job.

  Vin Diesel

  Jobs, Goes On, Deals

  2 Copy quote

• What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.

  Vin Diesel

  Tv Shows, Trying, Tvs

  3 Copy quote

• The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'

  Vin Diesel

  Girl, Night, Goes On

  2 Copy quote