Christopher Guest Quotes

I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.

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• To be honest, before I joined the industry, I knew very little about the fashion world, and I hardly knew any name brands. Probably because the price tags were a little too high, and home girl needed to work.

  

  Halima Aden
  • World
  • Work
  • Home

• When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual.

  

  Xosha Roquemore
  • Fun
  • Play
  • Drink

• We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.

  

  Orville Redenbacher
  • Night
  • Day
  • Plant

• I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Books
  • Ugly
  • Universal

• Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Success
  • Me
  • Always

• Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Philosophy
  • Only
  • Concrete

• My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Good
  • Me
  • Choice

• You give before you get.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Give
  • Get
  • Before

• The idea is that they wouldn't want to deal with militant Islam but an Islam and Muslims who are committed to progress, committed to development, who like peace and are moderate in their ways. So that's what we are doing here.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • Peace
  • Progress
  • Islam

• I'm having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it's moving backward, and I think there's a similar feeling with everyone of my age and in the world of music and artistic stuff. Art is an important way those feelings get expressed and help people process their feelings and opinions.

  

  K. Flay
  • People
  • World
  • Music

• There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

  

  Umberto Eco
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  • Direction

• I personally do not listen to a lot of music. It helps keep my mind free. I don't want to sound like someone else from the get-go. I want to express myself and the world in my head.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • World
  • Music
  • Mind

• I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Up
  • World
  • Work

• My tenure at 'The Daily Show' started during the decade after September 11, and fear of Muslims was at an all-time high. Politicians and the media seemed to dial the fright, mistrust, and animosity up to a fever pitch to gain votes and ratings.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Up
  • Time
  • High

• Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Used
  • Deserve
  • Herbs

• My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • True
  • Dream
  • Now

• I would never, ever trade any campaign donation - that's absurd - for some type of favor to anyone.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Never
  • Campaign
  • Donation

• Student loans, Social Security, and Medicare make a difference in the lives of working families every day, and the conversation that should be taking place is how we can save these programs, not weaken them.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Day
  • Make A Difference

• You create this human being, and then you are that human being for the next six months. It's amazing. I think that's the blessing and the curse of being an actor. You get to be pretty much anything you want to be.

  

  Costa Ronin
  • Pretty
  • Amazing

• I used to think being loved was the greatest thing to think about, but now I know love is never satisfied just thinking about it.

  

  Bob Goff
  • Thinking
  • Love
  • Greatest Thing

• What I was concerned with was life: what are the major features that are common to all living organisms that subtly define life. So I looked at the whole problem as a chemist, as a biochemist, and as a molecular biologist.

  

  Christian de Duve
  • Life

• I've always thought that as long as I did the right things and had the right intentions, everything would fall into place.

  

  John Travolta
  • Long
  • Fall
  • Intention

• Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.

  

  Elia Kazan
  • Directors
  • Concept
  • Screenplay

• I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.

  

  Christopher Guest