Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes

Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?

Leslie Odom, Jr.

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• I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Know
  • Born
  • Died

• I started at the top and worked my way down.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Way
  • Down
  • Top

• The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

  

  Gabriel Marcel
  • Taken
  • Philosophy
  • Battle

• I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Good
  • Think
  • Very

• The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.

  

  Larry Bishop
  • Think
  • Like
  • Bike

• I think I've always been somebody to break rules.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • Think
  • Always
  • Rules

• I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Guy
  • Know
  • Forever

• I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• I think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting hit in the head by a monkey, don't you?

  

  Harland Williams
  • Life
  • Day
  • Walking

• By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Choices
  • Hard
  • Necessity

• There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Power
  • Fight
  • Stand

• One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my nephew is starting a ready-to-wear brand', and 20 people will turn around and say, 'Is he? Can we invest?' in the same way that, now, if you were to say, 'My nephew is starting a mobile app,' everyone would say, 'Oh, smashing! Can I invest?'

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • People
  • Time
  • Future

• I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.

  

  Fleur East
  • Always
  • Hair
  • Big

• My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • Time
  • Father
  • Death

• The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

  

  Haley Reinhart
  • People
  • Kind
  • Audience

• I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.

  

  Young Thug
  • Ghetto
  • Then
  • Mansions

• I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Congress

• Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Up
  • Soul
  • Beautiful

• I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

  

  Om Puri
  • Character
  • Film
  • Everyone

• But there's a twist. There's always a twist.

  

  Dan Slott
  • Always
  • Twist

• The earth has always supported me in all my endeavors. I trust it.

  

  Elaine Equi
  • Trust
  • Supported
  • Endeavors

• Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to perform while 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more than three minutes.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Music
  • Bad

• I am constantly running around, so if I can take a couple hours to pamper myself, I will.

  

  Hannah Bronfman
  • Running
  • Couple

• Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?

  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.