Allison Janney Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
-
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
-
People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
-
I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
-
Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
-
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
-
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
-
Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
-
Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
-
I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
-
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
-
When I'm writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can't read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day.
-
What would be the political benefits to Obama of an amnesty? It could weld Hispanics to the Democratic Party, would be wildly popular with the ideological and Christian Left, and quietly welcomed by those Chamber-of-Commerce Republicans who have silently supported amnesty and secretly want immigration off the table in 2016.
-
I was the most subtle person in the world.
-
Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
-
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
-
I feel like I'm worried about my later years in life because I feel like I'm using up so much good karma right now. There's going to be some sort of karmic backlash somewhere down the road.
-
I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.
-
In my fiction I am careful to make everything probable and to tie up all loose ends. Real life is not hampered by such considerations.
-
I am so girly. I love dresses.
-
I've always believed that - it's stupid, but I always use this - the pressure makes the diamonds. I really do believe that. The more pressure I'm put under, the more, it seems, I thrive. The more you give me to do and the more you give me to accomplish, the more I can get done for you.
-
One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test.
-
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
-
Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'
