Weird Al Yankovic (Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic) Quotes

So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

Weird Al Yankovic

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• An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Work
  • Country
  • She

• Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Money
  • Government
  • More

• I'm not a fan of action movies.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • Action
  • Movies
  • Fan

• With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Hands
  • Green
  • Generation

• I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Everybody
  • Restaurant

• Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome? If not, you have no ability to give or experience compassion. That is the shocking truth.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Experience

• I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl.

  

  Vince Neil Mötley Crüe
  • People
  • Life
  • Family

• First there was the New Hampshire primary, and we had nearly a year leading up to it. And now, look! Three primaries in one weekend! How many of these things are they going to have?

  

  Ed Helms
  • Up
  • Look
  • New

• There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Life
  • Men
  • Children

• I have a few uniforms – depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • College
  • Best
  • State

• A guy like Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather is used to fighting 12-rounders. Put them into the ring for three rounds against a top amateur boxer at a much faster pace, and they'll lose a fight, and how bad is that going to make them look?

  Mandy Bujold
  • Bad
  • Guy
  • Fighting

• I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.

  

  Kate Spade
  • Internet
  • Admittedly

• I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• 'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Father
  • Gold
  • Right

• I actually had a buzz cut all the way to my junior year in college. I would just buzz my head with a one-guard all over, and then I started growing it out. When I had Tommy John, that was the last time it was buzzed. I've grown it ever since then.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Time
  • Growing
  • College

• I've learned to wait 'til an idea is worth making. That's not really a lesson I've learned; I sort of always did it that way. But there's no reason or need to make videos prior to when you make a show, because then you need material for it.

  

  H. Jon Benjamin
  • Reason
  • Always
  • Wait

• When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and see to my astonishment that three hours have passed.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Up
  • Different
  • Writing

• People are obsessed with actresses being hairless, fatless Barbie dolls.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • Being
  • Barbie

• Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Good
  • Real
  • Poetry

• It's peculiar what you remember when you're not trying.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • Trying
  • Remember

• Kate, don't be like that. You know I only did so well because I yearn-see, SAT word- to follow you to college and steal your heart." "Uh-huh. Too bad for you I don't plan on attending clown college." He grinned. "Only you would ignore the incredibly sweet thing I just said." "Only you would describe one of your asinine comments as incredibly sweet.

  

  Elizabeth Scott
  • Heart
  • College
  • Ignore

• I needed to get a good start. It just wasn't as comfortable, my pace wasn't as fast.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Good
  • Start
  • Comfortable

• I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Respect

• So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

  

  Weird Al Yankovic