Colin Quinn Quotes

The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

Colin Quinn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

MistakePeopleDeepThinkingMore

There are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million. They do not have a clue about that.

Jim Mattis

MenPeopleArmyKnowWhoMillion

I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

Joaquin Phoenix

YouCallUnconventionalGuessCould

One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that.

Amy Irving

ProblemsYouPricePayHonestVery

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

Simon Sinek

WordsSpeakCareExerciseSayRight

I don't think much of anything I wrote before the age of 30.

Tony Parsons

AgeThinkAnythingMuchBefore

To reform the Secret Service, the agency needs a director from outside the agency who will be immune from that culture and not beholden to entrenched bureaucrats within the agency.

Ronald Kessler

ServiceCultureWillSecretOutside

If anyone approaches me and asks if I'm Mollie from The Saturdays, I'm immediately shy and embarrassed.

Mollie King

MeShyEmbarrassedApproachesAnyone

In the U.S., too many yogurts are filled with corn syrup, preservatives, artificial this and that. To me, this is poison.

Mireille Guiliano

MeCornPoisonManyArtificialToo

Better governance helps realize the full potential of the many young Africans who are currently giving their families' savings to criminal networks and risking their lives in the vast expanses of the Sahara or Mediterranean instead of starting their own businesses and using their lives to benefit their families and communities.

Miroslav Lajcak

PotentialBetterGivingYoungOwn

When I look at my childhood art, it's the same. It's animals dressed up as people in patterned clothing. It basically looked like concept art for 'BoJack.' It's kind of uncanny.

Lisa Hanawalt

ArtChildhoodPeopleLookDressed

Being slim is the new elitism. Thinness today says that you are richer, smarter and more successful than the overweight masses.

David Zinczenko

TodayYouNewMoreSuccessfulBeing

There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained. I'm more motivated by people being like, 'Oh snap! Did you see that?'

Courtney A. Kemp

PeopleMeYouMoreAlwaysSee

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Colin Quinn