Alan King Quotes
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.Alan King
Quotes to Explore
-
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
I'm happy to fight anybody.
Canelo Alvarez -
My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
Brown Campbell -
I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
Malala Yousafzai -
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
-
A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
Patrick Murray -
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
Lajos Kossuth -
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo -
Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
Raf Simons -
You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
Wayne Rogers -
'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
-
I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
Edan Lepucki -
My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
Larry Bird -
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
Fatema Mernissi -
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
Gary Ackerman
-
The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
James Gray -
God has been my number one inspiration. I also look up to Will Smith and Jamie Fox who are also personal friends of mine. They give me great career advice. I would also include Chris Stokes, as a filmmaker and music producer. I've been working with him since I was eight.
Marques Houston -
We are well on our way to becoming a banana republic in every respect except, of course, that we don't grow bananas.
Burt Prelutsky -
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
W. H. Auden -
More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don't know how healthy it is, but I am creating a very private bubble that I live in.
Patrick deWitt -
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
Alan King