Jessica Williams Quotes

The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.

Jessica Williams

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• Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Time
  • Man
  • Beginning

• We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Life
  • You
  • Relax

• When a loved one passes, there are mixed emotions, and a thirst to live one's own life more deeply can certainly be among them.

  

  Salli Richardson
  • Life
  • Live
  • Emotions

• Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.

  

  Jack Gould
  • Sex
  • Television
  • Taxes

• Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a Christian would be boring. In reality, it has been the complete opposite.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Life
  • Reality
  • Christian

• The width of a line may present the idea of infinity. An epigram may contain a world. In the same way, a small picture format may be much more living, much more leavening, stirring, awakening, than square yards of wall space.

  

  Hans Hofmann
  • World
  • May
  • Small

• The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Time
  • Question

• Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Why

• Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

  

  Edward Young
  • Men
  • Wise
  • Lies

• God does not exist-religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.

  

  Benito Mussolini
  • God
  • Men
  • Science

• Fashion is not enough anymore. It's not just about what you wear. I mean, I don't know how many women can afford to take the time to come to Paris for three fittings.

  

  Alber Elbaz
  • Time
  • Women
  • Fashion

• As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else.

  

  Antony Garrett Lisi
  • Science

• You want to close the income inequality gap in part? Give us better educated kids out of high school. Give us kids that can challenge and succeed in the challenge with technology. You give us those kinds of kids, and watch the needle move.

  

  Kenneth Langone
  • School
  • Kids
  • High

• I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the contract signed, is trying to figure out how to screw you.

  

  Albert S. Ruddy
  • Trying
  • Guy
  • Lawyer

• As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.

  

  Ellen G. White
  • God
  • Truth
  • Imperfection

• Every businessman, or every person who has a passion for his work, is torn for the time spent at work and the time spent with your family.

  

  Phil Knight
  • Time
  • Work
  • Family

• To be an actor wasn't something that seemed realistic. I started late; I was about 19.

  

  Diego Klattenhoff

• Bin Laden had come to the delusional conclusion that the United States was as weak as the Soviet Union had once been.

  

  Peter Bergen

• Broadway is such a diverse community. Everybody knows how I believe, and everyone believes, and it's not a big deal. But in Hollywood, if you talk about politics - especially if you're a Republican - or spirituality, it's just not something people want to hear about.

  

  Kristin Chenoweth
  • People
  • Believe
  • Community

• Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Good
  • Literature
  • News

• For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners.

  

  Letitia Baldrige
  • Good
  • Rude

• I remember after one of my dreadful moments on Real Time, where I was ganged up on by everybody, and I went to Starbucks the next day, and the typical liberal tattooed and pierced barista said "Hey, you were on Bill Maher last night. I'm a liberal, but I really admired that you had the courage to stand up to that rude audience."

  

  Andrew Breitbart
  • Up
  • Time
  • Real

• The stories I want to tell are when we're our own heroes and our own enemies, and I don't think that's a rude thing to ask for. I don't think that's something I should apologize for.

  

  Jessica Williams
  • Rude