David Zucker Quotes
I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us.
Quotes to Explore
-
There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
-
I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
-
The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
-
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
-
By and large my relations with the US were good.
-
When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
-
I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
-
I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
-
This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
-
I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
-
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
-
Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
-
I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
-
I don't think about records.
-
I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
-
Everything that I have is natural – braid, nails – I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid.
-
Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.
-
Sometimes I'll do a mask if I had a lot of makeup on that day or was out in the sun. I like a hydrogen mask. It's an easy one, and it's supposed to soothe and relax your skin.
-
I grew up in the upper class, for sure. My family was kind of about that whole parties-and-horse racing thing. I can understand it's fun for some. I never enjoyed it.
-
To the last moment of his breathOn hope the wretch relies;And e'en the pang preceding deathBids expectation rise.
-
So that it cannot be denied, but the lowering of Interest may, and probably will keep some Money from coming abroad into Trade; whereas on the contrary, high Interest certainly brings it out.
-
We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.
-
I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us.
