Kevin Nealon Quotes
If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.Kevin Nealon
Quotes to Explore
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
Beau Willimon -
Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
Rainn Wilson -
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
Abel Ferrara -
He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
Nathaniel Parker Willis -
I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
Harry Anderson -
My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
Taylor Swift
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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.
Kate Christensen -
Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.
Kacey Musgraves -
Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'
Idris Elba -
I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
Octavia Spencer
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.
E. L. Doctorow -
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
Ovid -
There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
Mackenzie Astin -
I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.
Karen O -
Educated women armed with computers have defeated extremists by denying them a monopoly to define cultural identity and interpret religious texts. No extremist can say that women are inferior to men without being made a laughingstock on Al Jazeera. Islam insisted on equality between everyone.
Fatema Mernissi
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I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.
Brenda Lee -
I loved Herman's Head. And it was a great experience.
Lita Ford -
Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true.
Delta Burke -
I come from a theater background, so I always like to dissect the scene and try to get some hint about what the author was trying to get at. I still look up the meaning of the name of the character to see if there are any clues in that.
Adina Porter -
In my view, the holy is not based so much on the physical environment, but on the experience and perceptions of it.
Anthony Lawlor -
If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.
Kevin Nealon