Anna Akana Quotes

I started doing stand up when I was 19. Because I was underage at the time, at certain clubs I would be forced to wait outside until it was my time to go on stage. Then I would do my set, walk off, and be kicked out again.

Anna Akana

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

TimeWalkWaitStand UpStandDoing

I will always love psychology, and the basis of psychology is family.

Jodie Foster

FamilyLoveWillAlwaysPsychology

I've been in the 'Idol' bubble, and now it's popped, and I don't know what's going to happen.

Jessica Sanchez

KnowNowBubbleHappenGoingIdol

I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.

Joel Embiid

HumbleThinkI CanCockyTopReally

Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've found that when that happens, it usually means I'm writing pretty well, pretty deeply, pretty rawly.

Andre Dubus III

TimeWritingStupidFeelWrongCry

Let me tell you, the life of a C list celebrity is pretty sweet. If I want to go to an Applebee's, all I have to do is, literally, walk in the door. They seat me as soon as the other people ahead of me are seated.

Michael Ian Black

LifeWalkPeopleMeDoorSweet

The real problem with happiness is neither its pursuers nor their books; it's happiness itself. Happiness is like beauty: part of its glory lies in its transience.

Amy Bloom

BeautyHappinessProblemGloryReal

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

Spike Lee

MusicHistoryWorldAmericaViolence

You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again.

Steven Squyres

DriveLearnYouCreateOverDirt

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

Ronaldo

MoreRealBarcelonaThanAttached

I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's why they keep trying to get him a Nobel Prize for literature: because there is no Nobel Prize for songwriting.

Mary Gauthier

ThinkLiteratureTryingRiseWhy

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

Martin Sheen

PeopleWorldThinkAmericaEnough

The big bestsellers aren't being created by Barnes & Noble.

Michael Korda

NobleBigBeingCreated

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Anna Akana