Whitney Cummings Quotes
My definition of love is: Being willing to die for someone, that you yourself want to kill.
Quotes to Explore
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The American dream is about freedom.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.
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The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.
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I know when I get down and discouraged, it's hard for me to be able to just see anything except for right where I am.
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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
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I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.
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When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion.
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Actors, you have to wait for people to give you work, or you have to make your own stuff. But standup, I could just say, 'I want to do standup in 30 minutes,' and I can go do standup. Or I could just say, 'I want to do standup in a few weeks in this city.'
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Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods.
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Globalization is the economic treason that dare not speak it name.
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No more slave States; no slave Territories.
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In the dark, I like to read his mind But I'm frightened of the things I might find.
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The Lord has an ocean to give. Don't come with teaspoons.
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But now the giant heads of Plato and Socrates, each with an expression of penetrating wisdom carved on his white features, surveyed the river and the melon beds beyond.
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My definition of love is: Being willing to die for someone, that you yourself want to kill.
