Jonathan Ames Quotes

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

Jonathan Ames

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• In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Life
  • Real
  • Songs

• I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.

  

  Gabriel Luna
  • Small
  • Team
  • Basketball

• I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Time
  • World
  • Power

• If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Think
  • You
  • Film

• The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.

  

  Ednita Nazario
  • Believe
  • Look
  • I Believe

• I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Summer
  • Winter
  • London

• The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.

  

  W. Mark Felt
  • Secret
  • Files
  • Bureau

• I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Me
  • Fortunate
  • Miss

• The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Funny
  • Woman
  • Grateful

• After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Perfect

• If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?

  

  Oscar Hammerstein
  • True
  • Dream
  • You

• I would never do an album with 10 songs like 'Jump Start' on it. I'll only go so far to please fans.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Never
  • Start
  • Jump

• I'm always trying to push for women's rights.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Rights

• Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Freedom
  • Slavery

• I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Time
  • Good
  • Character

• I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Time
  • Good
  • Mother

• I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Find
  • Students
  • Nurture

• I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Mean
  • Tough

• He was neither lazy nor incompetent; he merely had occupational claustrophobia.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Lazy

• The TV Everywhere structure is good for all cable, satellite, and telephone distributors. It's good for all networks. It's good for studios that sell to networks, so it's basically good for everybody on the business side.

  

  Jeff Bewkes
  • Good
  • Business

• The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense.

  

  Brandon Sanderson
  • Men

• During his time working for me, Andy has carried out his role with complete professionalism. He has been a brilliant member of my team and has thrown himself at the job with skill and dedication. He can be extremely proud of the role he has played, including for the last eight months in Government.

  

  David Cameron
  • Time
  • Job
  • Team

• My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, it's time to start lunch, and by the time you've done that, you're doing dinner and thinking, 'There has to be a menu we can order from.'

  

  Julia Roberts
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

  

  Jonathan Ames
  • Alone
  • Literature
  • Confused