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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Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.
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Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day.
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I know you want it, boy. I see you tryin. Just keep on pushin, I'm a let you slide in.
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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have. “Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
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Busy is good, isn't it? Busy means we're hard at it, achieving our ends or "goals." Haven't had time to stop, or look around or think. That's considered the sign of a life well lived ... Suppose, though, you're not sure that what you're doing is at all worthwhile. Suppose you blundered into it over a spoonful of lime pickle. It's easy, it pays quite well. But really it's a distraction. It stops you thinking about what you ought to be doing.
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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.
