Patton Oswalt Quotes

If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.

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• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • Reason
  • Stories
  • Lives

• I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • People
  • Like
  • Reach

• Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • Long
  • Mind
  • King

• I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Time
  • Place
  • Obsessed

• I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Never
  • Hopeless
  • Bright

• Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Growing

• Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Great
  • Music
  • Real

• I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

  

  Eddie Money
  • Time
  • Music
  • Different

• I don't have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Myself
  • Discipline
  • Try

• The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Growing
  • Problem
  • Process

• I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • Business
  • Remember
  • Today

• I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Life
  • World
  • Career

• The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • World
  • Good
  • Women

• I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

  

  J. Cole
  • Different
  • Best
  • Like

• It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • Up
  • Important
  • Contribution

• I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Country
  • Children
  • Help

• The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • World
  • Challenge
  • Road

• Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

  

  James Surowiecki
  • History
  • Rock
  • Patience

• My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

  

  Martin Shkreli
  • Truth
  • Ugly
  • Dirty

• 'Programming' is a four-letter word.

  

  Craig Bruce

• I get a lot - a lot - of requests to make things that are like Lady Gaga. Like, 'I'm a 9-year-old girl in Wisconsin. Please dress me like Lady Gaga. How much would this cost?'

  

  Chris March
  • Girl

• When I set up my Web site, I made a guestbook so kids can write to me there, and that's become one of the most popular parts of the site.

  

  Peter Lerangis
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Popular

• If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.

  

  Patton Oswalt
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