Brett Gelman Quotes
As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
-
It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
-
From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
-
When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
-
I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
-
Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
-
As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
-
I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
-
Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
-
The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
-
I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.
-
The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
-
Sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a child.
-
This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.
-
Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
-
We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
-
Randomness works well in search-sometimes better than humans.
-
We know we’ve come to a crossroads when German childhood is being held up as an idealized model for Americans.
-
Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
-
I poke fun of everybody and everything. And who's easier to make fun of than your mother?
-
The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction.
-
As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
