George Lopez Show Quotes & Sayings

To keep something wild is far more difficult than to preserve it. — Agatha Christie

I was about to say that we all hurt the ones we love. That we can't help it and that for some reason, we're just defective like that. Maybe because those we love most bring out the very best and the worst in us, and in some twisted way, we resist that magic. — Rachael Wade

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show. — George Lopez

I like that I'm not typical. I like that I'm called 'no-genre hip-hop.' — Lizzo

Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices. — Michael Bloomberg

Hope is just another phase you'll grow out of. Who — Chuck Palahniuk

The work of reflection is something you have to do for yourself. No one else can make you wise. — Eric Greitens

When you try to extinguish a tantrum by ignoring it, the first response you always get is called an extinction burst. People will do whatever it is you are trying to ignore louder, longer, and more enthusiastically. This might make you believe that ignoring them isn't working, but what it actually means is that it is. — Albert J. Bernstein

If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is. — George Lopez

When rich, being poor seems *adventurous.* — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Music works in mysterious ways. Once it goes in you have no idea what it can do to you. — Keith Richards

I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play, like I did with 'Angels,' and it still generates income for me, but it's not enough for me to live on and have health insurance. — Tony Kushner

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. — George Lopez

You may be able to conquer the whole world and gain everything in action,
But you'll live in torment if you can't find peace of mind and satisfaction. — Mouloud Benzadi

Aam AAM, noun [Chaldee for a cubit, a measure containing 5 or 6 palms.] A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints. — Noah Webster

And I realize how useless wails are and how gratuitous melancholy is. — Mircea Eliade

I'd love to have Michael Jackson [in my show] because he's black and white. So he would appeal to a universal demographic. — George Lopez