J. K. Simmons Quotes

If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.

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• My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.

  

  Karan Johar
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  • Me
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• Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

  

  Walter Johnson
  • Man
  • Alive
  • Wood

• Today, because of President Obama's courage, kids can stay on their parent's plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off your policy because you have hit your limit. They will not be able to deny you because you have a pre-existing condition.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Kids
  • Today
  • Courage

• My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get nervous when they walk with me, as I'll see something and suddenly have to text it to myself.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Inspiration
  • Evolution
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• I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Alive
  • Obstacles
  • Overcome

• It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.

  

  Imogen Cunningham
  • People
  • Silly
  • Alive

• When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • People
  • Long
  • Remember

• Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

  

  e. e. cummings
  • Life
  • Dead
  • Alive

• My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.

  

  Rachel Tucker
  • Home
  • Theatre
  • Parent

• That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Child
  • Parent
  • Feedback

• Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Important
  • Parent
  • Survival

• What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Small
  • Space

• So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.

  

  Rachel True
  • Black
  • Respect
  • Lucky

• I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Exercise
  • Temptation
  • Pains

• The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Guy
  • Deep
  • Alive

• The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Think
  • You
  • Parent

• I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Great
  • True
  • Funny

• I'm one of the lucky few who never had to face the whole 'Oh, you've had a baby, and now work will have to suffer' bit. It just wasn't a big deal when I got married and had a baby.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Work
  • Baby
  • Lucky

• The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.

  

  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
  • Single
  • Text

• Honestly, Jared, one thing at a time. Why are you in a well with me? This is a really bad rescue!" [...] "I called the police as I was running to the well. I'm sure they're coming." "Did they say they were coming?" Kami asked suspiciously. "Or did you shout, 'Kami's in the well!' before jumping in the well too, thus loosing your phone and making sure the police think it was some kids playing a dumb joke?" Jared paused. [...] "Alternate plan," Jared said. "Do you have a very intelligent collie who might communicate through a system of barks to your parents that little Kami is in the well?

  

  Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Thinking
  • Kids
  • Running

• When I become prime minister, I'm going to buy one of those Margaret Thatcher handbags, and I'll bang it on the table and demand my money back from the government for past bad services.

  

  Pim Fortuyn
  • Money
  • Bad
  • Past

• The debate about who decides what gets taught is fascinating, albeit excruciating for those who have to defend the schools against bunkum.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Taught
  • Debate
  • Defend

• All three of the leaders looked like they were surprised to be asked about housing. And really none of them had anything interesting to say. And so this is something we need to push hard on to ensure that they understand that our housing crisis is really a major economic issue. It's not a social issue; it's an economic issue.

  

  Naheed Nenshi
  • Interesting

• If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Parent
  • Lucky
  • Alive