Dan Aykroyd Professions : Comedian Born : July 1, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 60 quotes by Dan Aykroyd My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile. Dan Aykroyd laughter real fun We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race. Dan Aykroyd wise-words realizing race I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges. Dan Aykroyd sceptic accepting challenges I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool. Dan Aykroyd fool men believe You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle! Dan Aykroyd bikers motorcycle racing Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in. Dan Aykroyd bass-guitar soup heaven I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years. Dan Aykroyd psychics gone years I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were. Dan Aykroyd squares new-york years One of my symptoms included my obsession with ghosts and law enforcement - I carry around a police badge with me, for example. I became obsessed by Hans Holzer, the greatest ghost hunter ever. That's when the idea of my film Ghostbusters was born. Dan Aykroyd police law ideas I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap. Dan Aykroyd guy nice heart Wine represents to me sharing and good times and a celebration of life. It is always around happy occasions with family and friends and centered around joy. What better item to be involved in then something that represents all these wonderful things. Dan Aykroyd family-and-friends wine joy I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. Dan Aykroyd cry night mean Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife. Dan Aykroyd afterlife cutting personality I believe that at the moment of death, that the soul is released in a molecular form, that actually goes into the - the fabric of the universe, the structure of hydrogen and nitrogen and oxygen because we're electrically - we're galvanic, we're electrochemical. Dan Aykroyd oxygen soul believe I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. Dan Aykroyd spiritual fiction world I drive a V10 Ford Excursion and I have to tell folks all the time: look I've got five kids and a dog and birds. I would have to have two Lincolns with two V8s, you see, so it would be 16 cylinders. Dan Aykroyd dog two kids You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules. Dan Aykroyd molecules looks Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to. Dan Aykroyd fun war thinking I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. Dan Aykroyd nightmare poor money My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little while, and it flows away. That's all I know about money. And I don't know, it flows and it's a river, but you can never, ever keep it. As an artist, I can't keep it. But hey, a man who dies with a cent in the bank is a foolish man. So I guess I'm going against the conservators. I'm a spendthrift. Dan Aykroyd cash-flow artist men Similar Authors Bob Hope comedian Brent Weinbach comedian Buddy Hackett comedian Bruce Baum comedian Brother Theodore comedian Brother Dave Gardner comedian All Authors
