Adam Rippon Quotes

I'm not like a gay icon or America's gay sweetheart. I'm just America's sweetheart, and I'm just an icon.

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• His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.

  

  Vincent Canby
  • Time
  • Forever
  • Never

• I would love to be a role model.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Love
  • Model
  • Role Model

• Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • Life
  • God
  • Believe

• I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Money
  • Government
  • Project

• I try to do my best.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Best
  • Try

• Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Know
  • Famous

• It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Women
  • America
  • History

• People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Faith
  • Ignorance
  • Facts

• Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.

  

  Ottessa Moshfegh
  • People
  • Life
  • Hell

• Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Air
  • Story
  • Tell

• So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Experience
  • Age
  • Success

• The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.

  

  Adam Osborne
  • Perfect
  • Mistake
  • Learn

• The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Nature
  • Support
  • Revolution

• There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • God
  • Men
  • Help

• The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • Knowledge
  • Best
  • Moving

• For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

  

  Patrick Stewart
  • Up
  • Time
  • Years

• The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • Important
  • Small
  • Wage

• I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the United States of America. My zeal in their cause and my frankness have won their trust.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette
  • America
  • Opportunity
  • Trust

• I've been listening to a lot of music by Arca.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Listening
  • Lot

• I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Desire
  • Prince
  • Cruel

• In New York, the theater is a destination point. In Los Angeles, no matter how provocative, how successful, how star-studded the theater event may be, it is, at best, a second-class citizen.

  

  Jason Alexander
  • May
  • Star

• A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

  

  Jason Statham
  • Up
  • Today
  • Action

• I'm not like a gay icon or America's gay sweetheart. I'm just America's sweetheart, and I'm just an icon.

  

  Adam Rippon
  • America
  • Gay