John Mulaney Quotes

If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.

John Mulaney

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• If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • Work
  • Long
  • Know

• Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Up
  • World
  • India

• A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.

  

  Abigail Breslin
  • People
  • Time
  • Me

• I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.

  

  Lara Stone
  • People
  • Friends
  • Weird

• Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Life
  • Music
  • Business

• The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • War
  • Talk
  • Negotiation

• Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Strong
  • Me
  • Religious

• I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.

  

  Jackie Cooper
  • Crazy
  • Never
  • Too Much

• The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • People
  • Want
  • Clever

• Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Long
  • Money
  • Movie

• Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.

  

  Pat Roberts
  • Fan
  • Disaster
  • Agriculture

• L.A. makes you feel ugly.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • You
  • Feel
  • Ugly

• I like to have something to base a role on.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Like
  • Something
  • Role

• I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.

  

  Adam Michnik
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Man

• It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Great
  • Together
  • Band

• The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Being
  • Musicians
  • Intensity

• 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.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Intelligent
  • Living
  • Capable

• I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

  

  Laura Riding
  • Believe
  • Bad
  • Magic

• The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Class
  • Most
  • Marine

• Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

  

  John Major
  • Mind
  • Pretty
  • Peace

• It is a very laborious process, but we feel accuracy is more important than expediency. I'm not going to apologize for taking our time and making sure we get it right.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Important
  • Process
  • Expediency

• People wouldn't hire me for comedies. They would say, 'Oh, he doesn't do comedy,' and now it's really all I do.

  

  Kevin Dillon
  • People
  • Comedy

• Some people can sing, and they can sing sing, but Brandy can not only sing sing, but she has a voice and a tone that is unlike any other.

  

  Babyface
  • People
  • She
  • Voice

• If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.

  

  John Mulaney
  • Funny