Oprah Gayle Quotes & Sayings

I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed. — Condola Rashad

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something. — Max De Pree

I know that Oprah and I mean a lot to each other ... I know at all times I have somebody that I can count on always. — Gayle King

Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees. — Alfie Kohn

You don't have to love me but you damn well have to respect me. — Toni Morrison

The thing with Ridley [Scott] is he's been doing this forever, he knows what it is he wants and how to get it. There's absolutely no messing around on set. Having said that, he's very accessible to actors, very open to what you want to do and willing to t. — Orlando Bloom

This kind of split makes me crazy, this territorializing of the holy. Here God may dwell. Here God may not dwell. It contradicts everything in my experience, which says: God dwells where I dwell. Period. — Nancy Mairs

No show can be 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' including 'The Gayle King Show.' I think she's very good but I think I'm very good too. I think we have different skill sets ... but I don't think that I could do what she does and never have. — Gayle King

In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack. — Chris Hadfield

People think that I don't work, and I fly around in Oprah's private plane doing whatever I want. — Gayle King

who gives a fuck about an oxford comma? — Vampire Weekend

I have to admit, if Oprah were a man, I would marry her. — Gayle King

I don't cry because we've been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we're still together. — Donna Lynn Hope

By an incredible coincidence, Gamow and Edward Condon, who had discovered simultaneously and independently the explanation of radioactivity (one in Russia, the other in this country), came to spend the the last ten years of their lives within a hundred yards of each other in Boulder. — Stanislaw Ulam

Once every lunar eclipse, you should be able to see me smile! — Sophie Turner

The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters. — Damon Lindelof

There is no one more vicious on their own than conservative women on conservative women. — Nicolle Wallace

All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?' — Gayle King

So people ask, 'But how can you work for a friend?' I say it's because I know that the magazine is called 'O.' The bottom line is somebody has to have the final word. Oprah's not right all the time, but her record is pretty damn good. That's not to say you can't disagree. — Gayle King