John Oliver Quotes

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

John Oliver

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• I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Age
  • Born
  • I Was Born

• What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

  

  Walter Pater
  • Important
  • Power
  • Beautiful

• In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Work
  • Me
  • Superstar

• I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • More
  • Medicine
  • Practicing

• Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • People
  • Crazy
  • Yourself

• Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.

  

  Abdurrahman Wahid
  • Important
  • Culture
  • Islam

• Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Never
  • Air
  • Before

• All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

  

  Walter Payton
  • People
  • Want
  • Treat

• Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • World
  • Best
  • Beer

• You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.

  

  Macy Gray
  • Rock
  • Star
  • Situation

• I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Enemy
  • Will
  • Worst

• Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

  

  Quintilian
  • Future
  • Fear
  • Present

• Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • Men
  • Women
  • Courage

• At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Live
  • Risk
  • Year

• I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.

  

  Malik Jackson
  • Myself
  • Leave
  • League

• The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Planning
  • Modern
  • Continuity

• My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.

  

  Ian Wright
  • People
  • End
  • Name

• Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.

  

  Lela Loren
  • Different
  • Culture
  • Psychology

• I feel so fortunate to have grown up in a town like Kansas City that has such a vibrant theater community.

  

  Katherine McNamara
  • Up
  • Community
  • City

• I'm very persistent; I know the Internet very well, because I grew up on the Internet. I had Internet when there was just dial-up, and the Internet was my social outlet.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Up
  • Know
  • Internet

• I want to go to Lapland and see Father Christmas, and now I've got a child, so I've got an excuse. Also, I'd like to go to South America especially as I'm now living in that part of the world, in L.A. now. And I must get down to Mexico.

  

  Ashley Jensen
  • World
  • America
  • Father

• People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.

  

  Jose Andres
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

  

  John Oliver
  • America