Anthony Jeselnik Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
-
The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
-
I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
-
Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
-
Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
-
You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
-
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
-
But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
-
I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
-
'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
-
I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
-
I want to win football games.
-
I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
-
There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
-
Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
-
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
-
I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
-
English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
-
I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.
-
My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness.
-
It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
-
I agree with you that should work together in a bipartisan fashion, and I believe this work product is a result of a hard-fought compromise.
-
I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday.
-
I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.
