Paul Rudd (Paul Stephen Rudd) Quotes

Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.

Paul Rudd

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• Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Up
  • High
  • Small

• What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Work
  • Spirit
  • Matter

• When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Hope
  • Energy
  • Light

• I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Live
  • Like
  • Audience

• Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Work
  • Singing
  • See

• The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Art
  • History
  • Words

• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Always
  • Serious
  • Data

• I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.

  

  Barry McGee
  • School
  • Art
  • Kids

• The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Family
  • May
  • Humanity

• The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Real
  • Kids
  • Die

• I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

  

  Magnus Carlsen
  • Good
  • Great
  • Pretty

• I'm always collecting emotions for future reference.

  

  Harlan Howard
  • Future
  • Always
  • Emotions

• The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • People
  • Live
  • Walk

• I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Live
  • Playing
  • Consequences

• Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Up
  • Best
  • Nerves

• During difficult times, it's best to cut down on sweets like cookies, cake and candy. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit to help prevent blood sugar dips and spikes.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Help
  • Best
  • Sweet

• I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

  

  J. Cole
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • Year
  • Toddler

• My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy.

  

  David Korten

• But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

  

  Michael W. Smith
  • God

• I tend to like the traditional sound: three-part harmonies, guitar, and piano. I mean, a well-played guitar is a joy forever... or something.

  

  Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac
  • Joy
  • Forever

• Thus far, I've devoted my entire career to publishing genre short fiction, but I now look forward to applying that same level of curation to finding the best new novels and new authors.

  

  John Joseph Adams
  • Career

• I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.

  

  Ellen DeGeneres

• Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.

  

  Paul Rudd
  • Career
  • Choices
  • Intentions