Jordan Peele Quotes
I'll say this: The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.
Quotes to Explore
-
How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
-
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
-
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
-
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
-
The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
-
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
-
Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
-
Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
-
I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
-
Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
-
Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
-
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
-
I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
-
Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
-
I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
-
My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
-
There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
-
I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.
-
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
-
A man who contradicts himself may have succeeded in exercising his vocal chords. But from the point of view of imparting information, of communicating facts (or falsehoods) it is as if he had never opened his mouth. He utters words, but does not say anything.
-
The best shows I've done, the writers, actors, and directors have been pretty much left alone - maybe given a little guidance to make it a little more this or more that. But the heavier the hand on the show, I find, the more troubled the show is.
-
I'll say this: The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.
