William P. Young Quotes
I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of you and your day.
Quotes to Explore
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It gives context to what's happening right now. History is cyclical but circumstances and technology change. So when social justice topics come up, they're not new. They're just being covered more. We have more ways to record it now.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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We've seen that there are a lot of people out there - teenagers in Topeka, housewives in Long Island, millionaire Internet start-up moguls - that all want to connect with each other about what it is to be human.
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You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I'm doing and I'm fearless.
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I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of you and your day.
