Abbi Jacobson Quotes

I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians.

Abbi Jacobson

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• I like to do the splits onstage.

  

  Gavin DeGraw
  • Like
  • Onstage
  • Splits

• My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Music
  • Family
  • Remember

• When a culture has fallen totally away from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul, not a material animal.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Soul
  • Culture
  • Spiritual

• Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

  

  Kate Mulgrew
  • Punishment
  • Execution

• When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Terrible
  • Accident

• I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Country
  • High
  • You

• I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Live
  • Home
  • Night

• When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Help
  • Fun
  • Gift

• For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.

  

  Fei Fei Sun
  • Friend
  • Shoes
  • Clothes

• You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Life
  • Know

• Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Opponent
  • Underestimate

• It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

  

  Eamon de Valera
  • Strong
  • Acting
  • Weak

• I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Life
  • World
  • Hand

• I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Good
  • Perfect
  • Woman

• Nothing can make you more humble than pain.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • You
  • Pain
  • Humble

• Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • May
  • Growth
  • Moral

• If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.

  

  Jack LaLanne
  • Up
  • Start
  • Diet

• Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Sometimes
  • Lose
  • Sight

• The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.

  

  Charles Spurgeon
  • Men
  • Understanding

• Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Women
  • Stand
  • Lib

• We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion.

  

  Bella Abzug
  • Men
  • Women
  • Laws

• I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

  

  Jeanne Damas
  • Women
  • Get
  • Approach

• To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another, and a movie is yet another. There's even reverence to a screenplay.

  

  Christopher McQuarrie
  • Movie

• I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Women
  • Comedy
  • Influenced