Albert Brooks Quotes

Even in my comedies, I don't take anger as a joke. I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it. One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.

Albert Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1947

Topics

CharacterAngerLaughterThinkYou

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

John Paul Jones

FearFaithStrongerAchieveBecome

Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.

John Hines

GodLongSomethingBecausePreaching

For several years at the University of Virginia, students had an annual tradition of raising hell around campus, burning tar barrels and shooting pistols into the air.

Matthew Pearl

HellTraditionAirYearsShooting

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense.

Jeannette Rankin

WarCompromiseCommon SenseDecency

I don't know what's going to happen. I'm flavor of the month at the moment, but somebody else is going to roll around the corner in three months' time. I just want to keep working. I can't stop!

Michael Fassbender

TimeMomentStopKnowThreeWant

You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edged sword for me: There's a whole group of people who will not come to the restaurants because they assume I'm not in them anymore, all I do is TV.

Tom Colicchio

AgePeopleMeChefDoingYou

It's a phenomenon that we don't really understand.

Russell Johnson

UnderstandReallyPhenomenon

If there are fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies on the table, I won't say no to those. Soy sauce is another one, even though it's awful - it's so high in sodium.

Misty May-Treanor

ChocolateTableCookiesSayHigh

After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.

Chita Rivera

WinningFeelYouOverMinutesAfter

I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.

Christian Louboutin

WorkRestYouWhereShouldType

Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?

Christine Baranski

JobSleepLoseBackWhyNeed

You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you.

Winnie Harlow

LoveYourselfLove YourselfSomeone

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