Christine Baranski Quotes

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

Christine Baranski

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• It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Human
  • Impossible
  • View

• Caffeine is a good thing.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Good
  • Caffeine
  • A Good Thing

• The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's like art - you can see the cycles from many past artists and new artists being inspired by past artists.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Trying
  • Art
  • Past

• I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Done
  • Kind
  • Face

• In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Texas was suffering the worst drought on record. Wildfires spread across West Texas, burning some 4 million acres and 3,000 homes. While the urban centers in Texas were experiencing an economic boom, West Texas was collapsing under the weight of drought and fires.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Suffering
  • Texas
  • Hollywood

• I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Love
  • Character

• I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Up
  • Clothes
  • Dress

• Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

  

  Ralph W. Sockman
  • Life
  • Good
  • Free

• I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Live
  • Evil
  • Democracy

• Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfume, cars, etc., is a short fairy tale, for they are given magical qualities.

  

  Jack Zipes
  • Food
  • Single
  • Sports

• A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Remember
  • Bad
  • Know

• Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Time
  • Sometimes
  • Sociology

• I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Small
  • Talk
  • Hide

• The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Control
  • Government
  • Budget

• The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Man
  • Successful
  • Rich

• And when your phone rings, pick it up. Open yourself up to the possibility a phone call offers. Discover this remarkable device called the telephone. It will give you a serious competitive advantage.

  

  Dan Pallotta
  • Up
  • You
  • Serious

• Imperialism and slavery are no white male monopoly, but are everywhere from Egypt, Assyria, and Persia to India, China and Japan.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Slavery

• American popular culture, like individuals in daily life, tends to either romanticize or demonize mothers. We ricochet between 'Everything I ever accomplished I owe to my mother' and 'Every problem I have in my life is my mother's fault.'

  

  Deborah Tannen
  • Life
  • American
  • Mother

• He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Trust
  • Enough
  • Will

• Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed to be logical. They assume all you have to do is tell people the facts and they will reason to the right conclusion. This is utterly ridiculous. Thought is mainly metaphorical. The frames trump all the facts.

  

  George Lakoff
  • People
  • Assumption
  • Enlightenment

• I believe that everyone should be treated as an individual. Women should be treated equally in the right to vote, sure. But if I'm paying to see a comedy, then I just want to see who's funniest, with everyone treated equally.

  

  Doug Stanhope
  • Believe
  • Women
  • Comedy

• . . . I’ll raise my arms and give you my chest and throat and wait, and I’ve been so old for so long for you, for you, I want it fast and right through me- Oh do it, do it you motherfuckers do it you fuckers finally, finally, finally.

  

  Dave Eggers
  • Long

• Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

  

  Christine Baranski