Jon Heder Quotes

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

Jon Heder

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• Good sports facilities are a blessing.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Good
  • Sports
  • Blessing

• A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Good
  • Men
  • Book

• Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Goals
  • Individual
  • Exception

• I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Life
  • Career
  • Artist

• We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Law
  • Grace
  • Quick

• College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.

  

  Hank Johnson
  • College
  • Struggle
  • Debt

• If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Money
  • Want
  • Company

• The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.

  

  Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
  • Music
  • Moment
  • Start

• For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Well
  • Jews
  • Middle East

• Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • Religion
  • Commit
  • Muslims

• Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • God
  • Connection
  • Issue

• Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Think
  • Way
  • Matter

• Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • Me
  • Winning
  • Worth

• But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.

  

  AJ McLean
  • People
  • Heart
  • Bad

• The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Hand
  • Eye
  • Bored

• Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • Period
  • Gun
  • Background

• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Knowledge
  • Wisdom
  • Speak

• I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • People
  • God
  • Respect

• While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

  

  Anne Tyler
  • Dream

• I did exhibitions with the Surrealists in Paris, c. 1929 because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.

  

  Jean Arp
  • Life
  • Art
  • Wise

• It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each story took so long and took so much out of me, that when I finished it, I was like, Oh my gosh, I feel like I've poured everything from myself into this, and then I'd get depressed for a week. And then once I was ready to write a new story, I would want to write about something that was completely different, so I would search for a totally different character with a different set of circumstances.

  

  Molly Antopol
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Circumstances

• Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.

  

  Nick Mancuso
  • Time
  • Fame
  • Dominant

• The perfect war is started for obscure reasons, is hopelessly murderous, and accomplishes nothing.

  

  Errol Morris
  • War
  • Reasons
  • Murderous

• I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

  

  Jon Heder