Patton Oswalt Quotes

You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.

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• I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • People
  • Play
  • Enjoy

• Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

  

  Walter Winchell
  • Art
  • Saying
  • Gossip

• I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Hope

• It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Real
  • True
  • Myself

• More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.

  

  Jack Schwartz
  • Way
  • Faith
  • Materialism

• I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • People
  • Work
  • Why

• In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Great
  • Writing
  • School

• Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Basketball
  • Try
  • Blood

• For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.

  

  Zell Miller
  • Great
  • Freedom
  • Security

• Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.

  

  Navid Negahban
  • Long
  • Mind
  • Character

• Writing is the supreme solace.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Writing
  • Communication

• I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Basketball
  • Internet
  • Lie

• I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Healthy
  • Diet
  • Favourite

• The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Work
  • Money
  • Success

• You don't cruise the Internet looking for your name and walk away with a good feeling. So, I never do it.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Internet

• Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

  

  Ed Wood
  • Thinking
  • Movie
  • Successful

• I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?

  

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Dad

• I study history in order to give an interpretation.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • History
  • Study
  • Give

• No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.

  

  John Boyle O'Reilly
  • High
  • Free
  • Purpose

• The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Political
  • Justice
  • Israel

• Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

  

  Vince Carter
  • Different
  • You
  • Know

• I speak a little bit of Italian, yeah. I understand more than I speak. I speak more of a dialect; my mum's from Naples and my dad's from Sicily, so it comes out little a bit of a cocktail of the Italian language.

  

  Luke Pasqualino
  • Dad
  • Italian

• Forget the fake syrupy stuff. Melt down a bar of chocolate, mix it into some warmed up whipping cream, and put it on top of ice cream. Add some sprinkles, and you've got a delicious treat.

  

  Blake Lively
  • Up
  • Fake
  • Chocolate

• You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.

  

  Patton Oswalt
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