Jack Lemmon Quotes

If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.

Jack Lemmon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001

Topics

MeUncomfortablePersonQuitBright

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

John C. Calhoun

GovernmentSystemPeculiarMayWhole

There are so many times and places in history in our world that I just don't know anything about, and when I learn about them they're always fascinating.

Andrew Stanton

HistoryWorldLearnKnowPlacesOur

The center-right alternative media has been playing a passable prevent defense, constantly saying 'That's not right' for consistently biased reporting.

Andrew Breitbart

SayingMediaRightPlayingDefense

Having children was a revelation - it's like going through a doorway, and everything is different forever.

Andrew Lincoln

ChildrenHaving ChildrenEverything

I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.'

Melissa McCarthy

LearningTomorrowSayingLanguage

When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

John Ortberg

ChangeFailureDoneBeyondRight

I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.

Max Schneider

MusicMePlayGoAlwaysPark

'Clocked' means someone sees you for being transgender.

Jeffrey Tambor

SomeoneYouTransgenderBeingMeans

I love comedy. God has given me this platform.

Jeff Foxworthy

LoveGodMeComedyGivenPlatform

Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way.

Steve Schirripa

MistakesYouWayOwnComeKids

I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him the perfect subject for me - I realised that rock n' rollers were the modern equivalent of all the poets I was so enamoured with.

Mick Rock

MeMusiciansPerfectRockHimAura

I think you can laugh the hardest when you get closest to something real.

Mimi Kennedy

ThinkLaughYouRealSomethingGet

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