Mcsweeneys Red Quotes & Sayings

There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson. — Paul Dano

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her. — David Geffen

There are two MFA programs here at the University of Texas, and I read on the jury of both of them. And it's amazing to me how many really talented young writers seem to fear humor. — Elizabeth McCracken

I don't know. Is that good-different, or I-should-come-with-a-warning-label-different? — Melissa A. Craven

Wait a minute! This is grass! We've been eating grass! — Gary Larson

I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid. — Josh Charles

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busyness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective. — Stephen R. Covey

The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of 'anchor babies' must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law-breaking. — Steve King

He rolled his eyes at Suren. He couldn't stand the sound of that sow's voice. Hearing her say his name was especially traumatic. About as traumatic as, say, being stuck in an elevator for eternity with a coked-up Gilbert Gottfried arguing with a methed-up Fran Drescher while a drunk Harvey Fierstein attempted to mediate. — Aaron Overfield

I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater. — David Schwimmer

New York gets god awful cold in the winter but there's a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in the streets. — Jack Kerouac

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. — Barack Obama

They said every year was a gift, not a guarantee, and ought to be celebrated accordingly. — Sarah Cross

The more you lose the right to be jealous, the more so you become! — George Sand