Mike Nichols Quotes

It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin is, to avoid the corrupting of it, because there's very little work where the actual work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

Topics

WorkComedyDoingYouRewardSpirit

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

Johannes Kepler

NatureGreatDiversityMindRich

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

Jen Lancaster

LifeMyselfPerspectiveBelieve

I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.

Melissa Bean

WorkGrowthBusinessTodayDayJob

Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time.

Robin Day

TimeLoseMoralityAgainstGoing

I open to anything... just about anything.

Luke Perry

OpenAnythingJustAbout

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Josh Billings

AdviceEnoughEasyOilTakeGive

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms.

Joseph McCabe

DarkLikeMadeDark AgesRoomsAges

I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place.

Domhnall Gleeson

PlaceOverLittleLittle BitBit

Our generation's grown up with the Internet, so it's an extension of our social lives; it's an extension of us. It makes perfect sense for me to use that medium.

Chet Faker

MeGenerationInternetPerfectUp

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Swami Vivekananda

FearMomentHelpYouBecomeNever

In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The stranger the mutt the better; the more peculiar the circumstance of it coming into your life, the better.

Susan Orlean

LifeDogBetterInterestingMore

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

Sheryl WuDunn

FamilyOpportunityCommunityWoman

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