Allison Janney Quotes

I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!

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• I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Want
  • Now
  • Now And Then

• Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • School
  • Strong
  • Internet

• The idea of the European community is never face a war again.

  

  Nana Mouskouri
  • War
  • Community
  • Face

• In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Time
  • City
  • Violence

• I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Family
  • Together
  • Science

• The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it should not allow itself to remain mired in the lowly delusive strata of the senses and material entanglement.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • True
  • Nature
  • Soul

• My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Work
  • Together
  • Help

• We cannot make events. Our business is wisely to improve them.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Business
  • Events
  • Improve

• The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

  

  Fawn Hall
  • Work
  • House
  • Me

• The beauty of man's being, fashioned as he is in the fairest of forms, demonstrates the existence of the Maker, while at the same time the fact that, together with his comprehensive abilities, lodged in that fairest of forms, he soon declines and dies, demonstrates the existence of the resurrection.

  

  Said Nursi
  • Time
  • Together
  • Man

• I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Think
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Game
  • First
  • Kid

• It seems the EPA has worked hard to devise new regulations that are designed to eliminate coal mining, coal burning, usage of coal.

  

  Hal Rogers
  • New
  • Regulations
  • Mining

• I think plenty of games - from 'Thief' to 'Zelda' - have shown that sneaking around can be fun.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Fun
  • Think
  • Games

• I believe it is in the world's interest to develop environments that fully engage women and leverage their natural talents.

  

  Weili Dai
  • World
  • Believe
  • Women

• For all the benefits of being in the public eye, there is the odd downside, too. Twitter goes mad sometimes with people saying weird stuff. It is a bit strange, but you can just ignore them. It is not even worth getting worked up about.

  

  Laura Trott
  • People
  • Up
  • Eye

• It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Up

• If in a community of the blind one man suddenly received the gift of sight, he would have much to tell which would not be at all scientific.

  

  Arthur Eddington
  • Community

• My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the standards of today's college graduates and Ph.D.'s, but he had a deep interest in questions of science and questions of the universe.

  

  Brian Greene
  • School
  • High
  • Today

• One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any real grass on our property. It might not be realistic to ask people to pull out their grass, but we'll never have to think about it. We used Smart Grass, and I think it looks beautiful.

  

  Lisa Ling
  • People
  • Important
  • Real

• I know that's really horrible, but that's how I do it in my head. I'm going to die. It doesn't matter. I don't matter. I'm a grain of sand. As a grain of sand, I may as well go out and relate to people and enjoy my short time on this planet that I have. Who knows what's coming next?

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • People
  • Enjoy
  • Horrible

• If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Good
  • Children
  • Parents

• I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Friends

• I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!

  

  Allison Janney