Chris Rock Quotes

I'm a big fan of Katt Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Louie CK, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Rich Vas, Joey Vega and Matt Claybrooks.

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• God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • God
  • Love
  • For Her

• I'm manic-depressive, technically bi-polar II with many borderline features.

  

  Kate Braverman
  • Many
  • Features
  • Borderline

• Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Important
  • Fashion
  • Style

• But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'

  

  Ted Strickland
  • Work
  • Men
  • Women

• So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Country
  • Resources

• The inertia of the governed cannot be disentangled from the indifference of the government. American leaders have both a circular and a deliberate relationship to public opinion.

  

  Samantha Power
  • American
  • Relationship
  • Government

• Expanding traditional energy sources like large-scale hydropower does not mean just accepting what Northern Pass has put on the table, and no one should accept Northern Pass's assertion that the only way for New England to access Canadian hydropower is to trade away the majestic beauty of the White Mountains.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Energy
  • Beauty
  • Mountains

• I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.

  

  Samuel Barber
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Style

• When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Kids

• I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.

  

  Laura Lippman
  • Perfect
  • Honest
  • Nostalgia

• To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Me

• Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Friends
  • Military
  • September

• Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

  

  Ted Turner
  • You
  • Better
  • Just Because

• I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.' I decided I would do all the things they did on that show.

  

  Vanessa Ray
  • School
  • High
  • High School

• Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Music
  • Giving
  • Shine

• Sometimes I'll go into a shop and speak in a different accent to see if I can pull it off. But then somebody will be like, 'Where did you say you were from again...?' And then I panic, and my accent dissolves, and I pretend like I wasn't doing it in the first place.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Different
  • Speak
  • Doing

• The first thing I did that was at all in the public eye, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the head of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Eye
  • Prison
  • Brotherhood

• To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.

  

  Van Jones
  • People
  • Culture
  • Green

• You are dealing with a different type of customer. If they are frequent visitors, they often have heightened expectations.

  

  Chris Smith
  • Different
  • Customer
  • Dealing

• I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

  

  Rhys Ifans
  • People
  • Art
  • Artist

• The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time they will be found to improve, and not to be much inferior in eloquence, science, and dignity, to the British Commons. They are patriotic enough, and I believe there are more stupid (as well as more shining) people in the latter, in proportion.

  

  Fisher Ames
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Life
  • God
  • Blessing

• You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.

  

  Jerry Moran
  • People
  • Work
  • Job

• I'm a big fan of Katt Williams, Jim Gaffigan, Louie CK, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Rich Vas, Joey Vega and Matt Claybrooks.

  

  Chris Rock