Dan Jenkins Quotes

Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.

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• Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

  

  Barnett Newman
  • Life
  • Art
  • Nature

• I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.

  

  Laura Bush
  • Feel
  • Husband
  • Debate

• I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Life
  • Future
  • Past

• There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Dance
  • Find
  • Look

• I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

  

  Mae West
  • Temptation
  • Resist
  • Unless

• I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.

  

  Action Bronson
  • You
  • Like
  • Without

• We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Cool

• The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

  

  Waite Hoyt
  • Time
  • Red
  • First

• Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

  

  Nancy McKeon
  • Myself
  • Watch
  • Objective

• Creative people are more prone to depression.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • People
  • Creative
  • Depression

• O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?

  

  Ada Cambridge
  • Life
  • Fire
  • Wind

• Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Always
  • Charming
  • Rehearsals

• A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Goals
  • Soccer
  • Meant To Be

• My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Time
  • Children
  • American

• The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Life
  • Cute
  • Life Is Too Short

• We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Up
  • Die
  • Car

• Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Men
  • Women
  • Men And Women

• America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things.

  

  Kent Conrad
  • America

• My fans are probably largely female; it wasn't until 'How to Make it in America' that guys started coming up to me: 'You're Bryan Greenberg.' 'Yeah... Don't hurt me. What do you want?' 'Love the show.'

  

  Bryan Greenberg
  • Up
  • America
  • Hurt

• I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

  

  Gattlin Griffith
  • Funny
  • Me
  • Nice

• That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

  

  David O. Russell
  • Thinking
  • Funny
  • Ridiculous

• If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Music
  • Happy

• Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.

  

  Dan Jenkins
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