Jerry Lewis Quotes

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

Jerry Lewis

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• I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • God
  • Process
  • Saying

• The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.

  

  Patrick Murray
  • Road
  • Dead
  • Lawyer

• I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Eat
  • Careful
  • Nutrition

• I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • People
  • Remember
  • Black

• And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • May
  • Man
  • Hero

• I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

  

  Barry White
  • Looking
  • Babies
  • Trip

• 'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?

  

  Foster Friess
  • Children
  • Kids
  • Guy

• I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Years
  • Point
  • Early

• Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Up
  • You
  • Tough

• 'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Up
  • Great
  • Kids

• 'OLTL' has now allowed me to sing through the character as Blair. If you've followed my 20-some-odd-year career, you know I am a singer.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • Character
  • Career
  • Singer

• I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Up
  • Good
  • Lose

• Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Important
  • Women
  • American

• Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Me
  • Talk
  • Conspiracy

• When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Long
  • Me
  • Short

• It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Work
  • Family
  • Kids

• I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Life
  • Up
  • School

• It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.

  

  Wanda Jackson
  • Good
  • Career
  • Plan

• The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Great
  • Fall
  • Accomplishment

• It really depends on what the screenplay is asking of you, and what your responsibility is to that character. You have the author's intent to deal with, you have the filmmaker's vision, and then you have your own wants, desires and needs for the character. It's collaborative. But I knew, right off the bat, that there was no way to go into some sort of pink-haired, clown-nosed character with Ronald McDonald shoes.

  

  Johnny Depp
  • Character
  • Responsibility
  • Screenplay

• When Juan Antonio Samaranch said the Olympics are more important than the Catholic Church, I just couldn't believe it. I said to myself, 'Don't let your expression show that he has just made a total ass of himself. Be cool, and just keep right on talking.'

  

  Frank Deford
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Church

• If we believe in them, love them and trust them, they see who they are through our eyes.

  

  Dean Hughes
  • Believe
  • Love
  • Eyes

• Without God man has no reference point to define himself.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Point
  • Himself

• You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

  

  Jerry Lewis
  • Believe