Joan Blondell Quotes

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

Joan Blondell

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.

  

  Laura Leighton
  • Kids
  • Play
  • Mom

• The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Party

• I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Real

• When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.

  

  Kate Bernheimer
  • Great
  • Earth
  • Grow

• Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • God
  • Greatest
  • Gifts

• I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.

  

  Federica Montseny
  • Wish
  • Same
  • Old

• Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Great
  • Advice

• When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

  

  Beck
  • First
  • Kid
  • Generation

• As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Nature
  • Body
  • Balance

• But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Think
  • I Think
  • Than

• I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Three

• True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • True
  • Imagination
  • Intelligence

• I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.

  

  Wendy Liebman
  • Women
  • Comedy
  • Comedians

• I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Music
  • Like
  • Classical

• I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • Women
  • Culture
  • Opinion

• The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Important
  • Better
  • Craft

• I said these trade deals are going to be terrible: we're going to lose manufacturing jobs, factories abroad; the real wages of Americans are not going to rise. People are coming across the border; it has got to be stopped.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • People
  • Real
  • Said

• There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility of a director but also a producer.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Responsibility
  • Talent

• When people go within and connect with themselves, they realize they are connected to the universe and they are connected to all living things.

  

  Armand DiMele
  • People
  • Universe
  • Connect

• When the news broke that John McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer, the outpouring of well wishes all hailed his toughness.

  

  John Dickerson
  • Brain
  • Cancer
  • Wishes

• Hello again, violinist,' he said in a hoarse voice. 'Fancy meeting you here.

  

  Regina Doman
  • Meeting
  • Fancy
  • Violinist

• I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Me
  • Describe
  • Bother

• I really liked figuring things out on my own. Early on in the development of a new version of Windows, I would explore it, I would try out various things, I would see what worked, I would see what didn't work.

  

  Charles Petzold
  • Work
  • Explore

• In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

  

  Joan Blondell