Jo Brand Quotes

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

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• I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • Success
  • Decision
  • Financial

• I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

  

  Washed Out
  • Music
  • Positive
  • Depression

• I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.

  

  Hampton Sides
  • American
  • America
  • High

• Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.

  

  Malcolm Wilson
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Emotional

• I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been around a long time, it's like dinosaurs are coming back. It's all new. I'm having to be on my own and seeing how exciting life can be now.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Life
  • Time
  • Long

• I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • You
  • Yourself
  • Aging

• Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Kids
  • Model
  • Inspiration

• I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • People
  • Respect
  • Thought

• I have a very strong belief in God.

  

  M. Ward
  • God
  • Strong
  • Belief

• Each goodly thing is hardest to begin.

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Hardest
  • Begin
  • Goodly

• Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • People
  • Important
  • Funny

• Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Life
  • Real
  • Blood

• I've always loved music and held it as a sacred thing that I can't touch, as I don't really want to deconstruct it or be a musician.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Music
  • Want
  • Loved

• When I was younger, I used to love Tim Burton's 'Batman.' I was, like, 15, and even then, I was aware, 'This is really the Joker's film.' It's like, the Joker just takes over, and Batman, you really don't learn too much about him.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Love
  • Learn
  • Batman

• I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Week

• Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • Sad
  • Angry

• For one man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Life

• Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.

  

  Jane Siberry
  • Up
  • She
  • Listening

• Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.

  

  William James
  • War
  • Youth
  • Unlearn

• The primary victory of Roy Moore in Alabama over the candidate for the U.S. Senate seat backed by President Trump suggests that that not even Trump himself can control the forces that he unleashed.

  

  Charlie Sykes
  • Control
  • Trump
  • Victory

• I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.

  

  NeNe Leakes
  • Reality
  • Star

• This is one bar you should take home.

  

  Eugene Ormandy
  • Home
  • Bar

• The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

  

  Jo Brand