Becky Stark Quotes
Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness. The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.
Quotes to Explore
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I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.
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Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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I think what's most important is family.
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My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about me, I should just go to the airport! That is where I am most recognized.
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With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
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The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.
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Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Reading the Socratic dialogues one has the feeling: what a frightful waste of time! What's the point of these arguments that prove nothing and clarify nothing?
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When I speak at events, I often wear my dad's ties and my mom's earrings. It's a small, almost secret way of having them with me when I'm up there onstage, talking to a roomful of strangers. It makes me feel safe.
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My poems tend to be more celebratory and lyrical, and the novels so far pretty dark. Poetry doesn't seem to me to be an appropriate tool for exploring that.
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I try to leave things as open ended as possible, not too overladen with meaning.
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My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.
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Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness. The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.
