Jodi Benson Quotes
I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
-
I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
-
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
-
I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
-
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
-
My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
-
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
-
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
-
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-
When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
-
The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
-
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
-
You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
-
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
-
I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
-
I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
-
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
-
There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
-
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
-
We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly when it was written.
-
Many persons nowadays seem to think that any conclusion must be very scientific if the arguments in favor of it are derived from twitching of frogs' legs (especially if the frogs are decapitated) and that, on the other hand, any doctrine chiefly vouched for by the feelings of human beings (with heads on their shoulders) must be benighted and superstitious.
-
I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
-
I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
-
I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.
