Jake Johnson Quotes

I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

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• There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Power
  • Question
  • Humanity

• The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • Home
  • Ideas
  • Library

• People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • People
  • Time
  • God

• I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • School
  • She

• I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.

  

  Edmund White
  • Good
  • American
  • Writer

• No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • War
  • Political
  • Always

• We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
  • Need
  • Group
  • China

• What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Power
  • Wind
  • Price

• I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Remember
  • Think
  • Know

• Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.

  

  Youssef Ziedan
  • Real
  • Religious
  • Human

• There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.

  

  Gary Busey
  • Life
  • Good
  • Actor

• No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Work
  • Love
  • Fun

• I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Experience
  • Remember
  • Feeling

• I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Stop
  • Right
  • Romantic

• A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • High
  • Body
  • Diet

• I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Pride
  • Laugh
  • Marry

• Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Think
  • See
  • Hear

• Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Marriage
  • Talent
  • Genius

• I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its very foundation and constitution, and it has a duty to serve humanity. America has a duty to follow its conscience to reject repression. It must reject oppression. It must reject humiliation.

  

  Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
  • World
  • Believe
  • Country

• At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!

  

  John Hughes
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Pretty

• Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Home
  • Today
  • Running

• My kids only come around once in my lifetime, and they (hopefully) won't be with me forever. I chose to have them, and I choose, freely, to make them and my family a priority in my life. This stage of life won't last forever. While it does, I've climbed on for the ride.

  

  David Albert
  • Family
  • Forever
  • Stage

• We wore blue jeans and T-shirts. Our music was our gimmick.

  

  Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Music
  • Blue

• I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

  

  Jake Johnson
  • Job