Aasif Mandvi Quotes

An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.

Aasif Mandvi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: March 5, 1966

Topics

MirrorJobFaceYouArtistAnswers

I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen!

John Cameron

ProblemsHelpListenWouldWhoLike

I want to die at my desk.

Jerry Della Femina

DieDeskWant

Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.

Roy Blunt

DayMeArmyNeverBeingSomebody

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.

Liz Phair

LifeArtYouArtistKnowBecome

I'm a person and an actor that's constantly unsatisfied. I'm always reaching for something higher.

Josh Segarra

PersonActorAlwaysSomethingHigher

Since the heady days of the 2009 Inauguration, middle-class independents have grown increasingly distant from Obama. Working-class voters - always more enamored of Clinton - have grown even more wary and distrustful of the Chicagoan. Both voting blocs pose the danger of serious defection in 2012. Without their support, Obama cannot win.

Douglas Wilder

SupportWinVotingSeriousPose

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.

Cory Doctorow

ScienceWritingScience FictionWhere

However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be.

Craig Kilborn

FunnyHumorWillAlwaysHowever

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.

Chuck Schumer

DreamsMorningChildrenBestFocus

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

Brownie McGhee

GuitarSteelPlayingNeededPicks

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

William Hazlitt

ArtGeniusRulesDestroyModels

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

William Howard Taft

WorkPresidentGateBringConclusion

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