Joan Rivers Quotes
Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa, you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'
Quotes to Explore
-
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
-
I think we know how to do Mars.
-
Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
-
The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
-
The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
-
I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
-
Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
-
'Twin Peaks' fans, it's a hardcore group of people.
-
Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
-
When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
-
I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
-
I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
-
One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
-
While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
-
The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
-
I don't know if I'm a method actor.
-
In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.
-
Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
-
writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.
-
I don't like doing the same runs. I like to mix it up a lot.
-
I used to hate my butt - like, hate it. In school, I used to cover it up. I felt like it was too big; like, I felt like I needed to wear a sweater over it. It was awful.
-
You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
-
Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa, you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'
