Jim Gaffigan Quotes

For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television show is still there but if it doesn't offer a level of creative fulfillment, it's oddly unappealing.

Jim Gaffigan

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• In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.

  

  Edmund White
  • Experience
  • Book
  • Man

• Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.

  

  Felicity Huffman
  • Women
  • Health
  • Commitment

• Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Consciousness
  • Deny

• There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Opportunity
  • Fear
  • Struggle

• I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Great
  • Remember
  • Building

• Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.

  

  Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Experience

• It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • Great
  • Friends

• It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

  

  Garth Ennis
  • People
  • Work
  • Myself

• Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Think
  • Way
  • Introduction

• In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • True
  • Problems
  • Revenge

• My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • Job
  • Speak

• The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Music
  • True
  • Goal

• Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Couple
  • Got

• When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Money
  • Nice
  • First

• Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Acting
  • Really
  • Ever

• Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Work
  • Women
  • Everything

• There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Think
  • Space
  • Volunteer

• If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get-tough trade policy. Slapping higher tariffs on imports will only deprive foreigners of the dollars they would have earned by selling in the U.S. market.

  

  Daniel T. Griswold
  • Balance
  • Investment
  • Determined

• Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Believe
  • Popular
  • I Believe

• After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Writing
  • Myself
  • Boy

• It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.

  

  Donna Tartt
  • People
  • Work
  • Writing

• Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

  

  Mary Stuart Masterson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Writing

• For stand-up comedians that go onstage and get to write and perform and direct, and do all these things, the allure of a television show is still there but if it doesn't offer a level of creative fulfillment, it's oddly unappealing.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Writing
  • Creative
  • Comedian