Jimmi Simpson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
-
We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
-
On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
-
The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
-
The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
-
Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
-
I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
-
Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
-
I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
-
Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
-
Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
-
I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.
-
The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
-
I love to sing. I also had a band during my college days in Saudi Arabia called Thousand Decibels. If not an actor, I would have become a singer. I am very passionate about work. I am a fitness freak: I go to gym before doing my shoot. I also do yoga.
-
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
-
Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
-
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.
-
The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.
-
There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.
-
You cannot be afraid to present yourself. And sometimes that takes practice. If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable, you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.
-
I swear to God, my career is like this weird origami thing.
