Brett Gelman Quotes

As someone who is on the more liberal side of things, I personally think this side needs to be a little less open. I know that's part of what it means to be on the more liberal side of things, but that trait can no longer really be a part of our makeup. The simple reason for this is that the opposing side uses our openness to their full advantage.

Brett Gelman

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• I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Happy
  • Myself
  • Colleagues

• Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations that's still surviving.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Still
  • Surviving
  • Greeks

• New York kept going forward precisely because it didn't give a good goddamn about what it left behind. It was like the city that Lot left, and it would dissolve if it ever began looking backward over its own shoulder. Two pillars of salt. Long Island and New Jersey.

  

  Colum McCann
  • Good
  • Long
  • City

• Liberty is the freedom of individual to express, without external hindrances, his personality.

  

  G. D. H. Cole
  • Freedom
  • Personality

• Death is something we don't have to fear, since as long as we exist death doesn't and when it does we don't.

  

  Antonio Machado
  • Long
  • Death
  • Fear

• I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope.

  

  Elayne Boosler
  • True
  • Hope
  • Desire

• Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

  

  Adam Sandler
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Father

• Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

  

  Billy Joel
  • True
  • Dream
  • Vienna

• A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.

  

  Bert Williams
  • Up
  • Real
  • Black

• I feel I have lived during one of the best eras of racing there ever was. From Rudolph, Wis., to Daytona, it has increased 1,000-fold. When I first started racing you were looked down upon. Now, you're a celebrity and I'm not just talking about myself. Even if racing hadn't gotten so popular, I would still have done it.

  

  Dick Trickle
  • Done
  • Popular
  • Celebrity

• Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Prejudice
  • Commerce
  • Cures

• Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.

  

  Max Roach
  • Should
  • Gone
  • Mirrors

• Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.

  

  Cate Blanchett
  • Men
  • Women
  • Terrified

• Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Advantage
  • Soldiers
  • Treasures

• Artists who take on curatorial activities have the advantage of negating the professional hurdles and limitations comprising institutions.

  

  Michelle Grabner
  • Professional
  • Advantage
  • Institutions

• There is going to be testing and commercialization of technology that focuses on clean energy.

  

  Angela Griffin
  • Energy
  • Technology
  • Testing

• It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

  

  William Weld
  • People
  • World
  • Government

• As someone who is on the more liberal side of things, I personally think this side needs to be a little less open. I know that's part of what it means to be on the more liberal side of things, but that trait can no longer really be a part of our makeup. The simple reason for this is that the opposing side uses our openness to their full advantage.

  

  Brett Gelman
  • Advantage
  • Openness
  • Liberal Side