J. K. Simmons Quotes

Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.

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• Let's judge a man on what he's done.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Done
  • Man
  • Judge

• All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

  

  Ugo Betti
  • Giving
  • Mad
  • Name

• I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • People
  • Religious
  • Religion

• I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Good
  • Power
  • Hope

• I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Life
  • Moving
  • Moving On

• Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Work
  • Discipline
  • Commitment

• I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Believe
  • Best
  • Secrets

• I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.

  

  M. F. Husain
  • Art
  • Hurt
  • Beliefs

• Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Summer
  • Favorite
  • Lake

• People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

  

  Abdolkarim Soroush
  • People
  • First
  • Meeting

• Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Money
  • Government
  • More

• Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Father

• Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Cool
  • Star
  • Big

• The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Life
  • World
  • My Life

• I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.

  

  Felicity Huffman
  • Pretty
  • Never
  • Body

• The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.

  

  Lance Ito
  • American
  • Day
  • Value

• For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Up
  • Time
  • Me

• Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Time
  • Friend
  • Enemy

• Everywhere I go, every smile I see, I know you are there smilin' back at me. Dancin' in moonlight, I know you are free 'cause I can see your star shinin' down on me.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • Free
  • Star
  • inspirational

• To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • Race
  • Level
  • Unrealistic

• To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Hope
  • Faith

• I implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you'll look for evidence to support this view. When you anticipate that the universe is friendly, you see friendly people. You look for circumstances to work in your favor. You anticipate good fortune flowing into your life.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.

  

  J. K. Simmons
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