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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• I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

  

  Barrett Foa
  • Up
  • Love
  • Spoiled

• 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
  • Look
  • Find

• 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

• National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Political
  • Freedom
  • Space

• 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

• There's no sex in Middle Earth.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Earth
  • Sex
  • Middle

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

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Time
  • Children
  • American

• Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright infringement? No.

  

  David Boies
  • Music

• When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.

  

  Mavis Staples
  • Up
  • Heart
  • Truth

• I remember Pavarotti telling me, 'Oh, Neil, after seventy, the voice is going to go.' But I've been lucky. You almost have to learn how to sing all over again. You use your diaphragm more. You have to choose the notes and pace yourself.

  

  Neil Sedaka
  • Remember

• The only real politics I knew was that if a guy liked Hitler, I'd beat the stuffing out of him and that would be it.

  

  Jack Kirby
  • Real
  • Guy
  • Politics

• 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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