Amy Poehler Quotes

Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony.

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• Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • May
  • Faith
  • Belief

• Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

  

  Fanny Brice
  • Beauty
  • Personal
  • Reference

• I have to be seen to be believed.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • Believed
  • Seen

• I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Never
  • Kid
  • Used

• Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.

  

  Tammy Bruce
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • World
  • American
  • House

• What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • World
  • Human
  • Potential

• I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.

  

  Ian Williams Battles
  • Think
  • Crime
  • Worst

• There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink.

  

  Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
  • You
  • Seeing
  • Pen

• I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Why
  • Success
  • Day

• In religion, there's a certain type of fear that if somebody believes differently from me, that it's a threat. Because I'm right, and there cannot be two ways that are right, so if I'm right, anything different than this must be wrong; and we attack those things and it's really due to insecurity, ego and fear.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • Different
  • Fear
  • Religion

• Coming up with novel ideas and converting them into real products has always been as natural as breathing for me.

  

  Ralph Baer
  • Always
  • Ideas
  • Natural

• Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Me

• I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • Sick
  • Partner
  • Saying

• I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I'm already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I'm not enjoying the moment. I'm already on the mission to win the next trophy.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Enjoy
  • Win
  • Moment

• If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Unique
  • Gender
  • Spectrum

• I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Time
  • Important
  • Kids

• I don't work out or watch what I eat – but I need to start so it doesn't catch up to me.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Work
  • Start
  • Catch

• Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

  

  Bernard Barton
  • Opinion
  • Stupidity
  • Obstinacy

• The evidence is clear: brooding is the problem, not the solution.

  

  Mark Williams
  • Problem
  • Evidence
  • Solution

• So far, I am a cancer survivor, but cancer will be with me for the rest of my life, be it as a nodule, tumor or cell someplace, or in my fears and anxieties.

  

  Kathryn Joosten
  • Life
  • Rest
  • My Life

• My grandmother was German. She didn't teach any of her children German. She really wanted them to be American. And now, she's since passed away, I get so frustrated sometimes. I'm like, "Oh, Oma, why didn't you teach your kids German?" My dad would have spoken German to me from birth, and I would have spoken German.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Children
  • Why
  • She

• Whenever there is discussion, I make it clear that I do not want any grey zones, just black and white.

  

  Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda
  • White
  • Discussion
  • Grey Zones

• Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • Security
  • Investigation
  • Department