Maysoon Zayid Quotes

I'm very much inspired by things that anger me. If I see bigotry, stupidity, or injustice on the news, I'm inspired to find a way to make it into something comedic and relatable. Anger inspires me. Stupidity inspires me. My family inspires me. My accountant inspires me. Everything and anything, really.

Maysoon Zayid

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• I love my work but do not know how I write it.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Work
  • Love
  • Know

• I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

  

  Beck
  • Music
  • Think
  • Quality

• I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Work
  • Feeling
  • Ideas

• Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Work
  • Great
  • Respectful

• The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Time
  • Sleep
  • Brain

• I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Parents
  • Man
  • Best

• Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Up
  • Better
  • Down

• The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Song
  • Me
  • Innocent

• I'm not super into sports.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Sports
  • Super

• Nothing recedes like progress.

  

  e. e. cummings
  • Like
  • Progress
  • Nothing

• Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Real
  • Truth
  • Knowledge

• Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Proud
  • Always
  • Something

• As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.

  

  Taylor Wilson
  • Science
  • Kid
  • Excited

• When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • College
  • Baseball
  • Finish

• Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

  

  Ed Royce
  • Energy
  • Technology
  • Security

• You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
  • Party
  • Democracy
  • Vote

• Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Try
  • Take
  • Retreat

• Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Business
  • Law
  • Community

• The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and is ordained of God.

  

  Quentin L. Cook
  • Time
  • God
  • Important

• I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.

  

  Winona Ryder
  • People
  • Acting
  • Inspired

• The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Logic
  • Fact
  • Hunger

• Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

  

  Stephen Curry
  • Finals
  • Award
  • MVP

• I'm very much inspired by things that anger me. If I see bigotry, stupidity, or injustice on the news, I'm inspired to find a way to make it into something comedic and relatable. Anger inspires me. Stupidity inspires me. My family inspires me. My accountant inspires me. Everything and anything, really.

  

  Maysoon Zayid
  • Family
  • Inspired