Jim Gaffigan Quotes
The ridiculousness and idiocy of life is embraced and examined. It nurtures the childhood perspective in everyone.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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The products in my bathroom are pretty minimal. Issey Miyake makes great cologne, and I use everything from Zirh, especially their shave scream. I really like Mario Badesco aftershave, too. It's amazing.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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We must draw on the unique strengths of the Japanese economy, seek an open and cooperative approach with our international partners, and intelligently exploit the promise of new growth areas.
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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Hopefully, one day I won't have to be so caught up in all of that day-to-day, the Twitter and the Instagram. But I also would like to, at some point, turn off and take a break and also be, like, an artist.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
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To go back means defeat.
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When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn't make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn't mean you understand psychology.
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My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death.
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The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.
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Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another.
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The ridiculousness and idiocy of life is embraced and examined. It nurtures the childhood perspective in everyone.
