John Oliver Quotes
It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
-
Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
-
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
-
There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.
-
I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
-
Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.
-
For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
-
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
-
Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
-
I'm happy people look at me as a role model.
-
Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.
-
Perhaps this is because I'm from the generation that grew up watching 'The Jetsons' on TV, but I really thought we would be much more advanced in the areas of transportation and medicine.
-
My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.
-
The more gunk I have on my face, the less free I feel.
-
It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.
-
Wearers of rings and chains!Pray do not take the pains To set me right.In vain my faults ye quote;I write as others wrote On Sunium’s hight.
-
I keep hearing this expletive thing that guns don't kill people, but people kill people.
-
I feel like when people meet me, I'm very much not what they expected I would be. I'm not a diva, and I'm not mean to people or have weird rules.
-
Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness toward everybody and everything. Never did he give the impression of domineering, always of serving and helping. He was extremely conscientious, without allowing anything to assume undue importance; a subtle humor guarded him, which was reflected in his eyes and in his smile.
-
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
-
It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.
