Christopher Buckley Quotes

I'll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.

Christopher Buckley

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• Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Brand
  • Lovely
  • Even

• I am a citizen of the world.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • World
  • Citizen

• Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Here

• I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Up
  • New
  • New York

• 'When it is time to dress, make-up, take your bath and eat, it is time to hurry. Those things have little to do with your future. Don’t waste your time on what cannot guarantee your future; your mirror keeps deceiving you.'

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • Up
  • Time
  • Future

• I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

  

  Jason Alexander

• I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.

  

  Mark Messier
  • Time
  • Effort

• And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.

  

  Buddy Rich
  • Real
  • Black

• The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe.

  

  Frank Rizzo
  • People

• I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.

  

  Charles Evers
  • Party

• I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

  

  Alexander Skarsgard
  • Star
  • Dance

• Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured.

  

  Andy Dunn
  • Personality

• I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences.

  

  Jenna Blum
  • People
  • Family
  • Struggle

• I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.

  

  Jeff Lindsay
  • Dark

• I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track.

  

  Nellie McKay
  • Rap

• Europe is one of the best travel destinations in the world.

  

  Marco Bizzarri
  • World
  • Travel

• I want the type of career where I can come back to theater. Theater is my home. Theater, to me, is like ballet for dancers. It's my foundation.

  

  Condola Rashad
  • Home
  • Career
  • Ballet

• I think what people might not really know about me is that I'm really a shy individual.

  

  Jerry Rice
  • People

• A book, an article, could make noise, but ancient warriors before the battle also made noise, and if it wasn’t accompanied by real force and immeasurable violence it was only theater.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Violence
  • Battles
  • Article

• The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

  

  Liberty Hyde Bailey
  • True
  • Education
  • Purpose

• I'm not as concerned about me. What's happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren.

  

  Joe Paterno
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Grandchildren

• I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.

  

  Donna Karan
  • Children
  • Family
  • Done

• Hillary Brown understands that?for our grandchildren's sake?we must rebuild America and, in doing so, re-imagine our interconnected infrastructure systems to make them more efficient, environmentally safe, and resilient in this age of global urbanization. This fascinating and important book should be required reading for our elected officials and policy-makers.

  

  Felix Rohatyn
  • Grandchildren
  • Sake
  • Hillary Brown

• I'll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.

  

  Christopher Buckley
  • Grandchildren