I Quotes
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“It's interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That's what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I'm slightly setting up the audience that there's a bit of fun involved, as well.”
“It's interesting, gender versus race. I think people say that to women more: 'Oh, you're my favorite female.' They wouldn't say 'favorite black comic.'”
“It's interesting, I had absolutely no maternal instinct. I'm much more interested in young people now.”
“It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S.”
“It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.”
“It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.”
“It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.”
Source: I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
“It's interesting, once I have convinced people that, yes, I have a sister with a mental disability, the retard jokes really dry up, so I'm not sure how much retard humor is really going on out there, but I imagine there's a lot because it's a pretty safe group to make fun of. It's not like the Retards of America are gonna rise up and organize a protest. They're not gonna write letters. They only just recently got the Supreme Court to stop executing them.”
“It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.”
“It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.”
Source: The last lecture
“It's interesting, the sense of pastoral utopia that exists in so much fantasy - in [Edward ] Dunsany, [John R.R.] Tolkien and so on.”
“It's interesting, the worse things get in cities, the tougher that cities get, the more brutal the humor is. The tougher things people face, the darker the sense of humor gets and I find that incredibly optimistic.”
“It's interesting, there are a lot of similarities with being in the music business or being in a band, where a lot of it is business work you've gotta do, like emails. It's weird, I don't feel like I'm in charge.”
“It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant.”
“It's interesting, when you find things wrong, usually it means that there's something in the set-up that's incorrect. When the ending feels right, that usually means you've done most of your work leading up to that, so that you feel it.”
“It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.”
“It's interesting--the way in which one has to balance life--because you have to know when to let go and when to pull back.... There's always some liminal (as opposed to subliminal) space in between which is harder to inhabit because it never feels as safe as moving from one extreme to another.”
“It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.”
“It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself.”
“It's intoxicating for a man to be waited on. Combine this with very, very skillful sex, and that will get them.”
“It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you, you won't get your mitts on the kid as often.”
“It's intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I'm a writer, so I've written movies. I've read at this point thousands and thousands and thousands of screenplays. So if something gets me, then I don't ignore that.”
“It's invisible, what women do. It's not rewarded as much.”
“It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons.”
“It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.”
“It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity.”
“It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am.”
“It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides”
“It's ironic that retailers and restaurants live or die on customer service, yet their employees have some of the lowest pay and worst benefits of any industry. That's one reason so many retail experiences are mediocre for the public.”
“It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners.”
“It's ironic that this amazing invention of the Internet has made information gathering easier available than ever, but that this platform also helps spread misinformation.”
“It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.”
Source: An Organizer's Tale: Speeches
“It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below [their] belt and feeling hardships, to grow into [their] skin and feel confident within [themselves] and to feel the value of who [they] are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.”
“It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.”
“It's ironic, but true, that in this age of electronic communications, personal interaction is becoming more important than ever.”
Source: The Regis touch: million-dollar advice from America's top marketing consultant
“It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.”
“It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.”
“It's ironic, isn't it? Our goal was great. Our path was dark.”
Source: Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death
“It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.”
“It's irrational to assume you can ever truly evaluate yourself as a good or bad human being. You will never have enough information.That "bad person" at work who torments you might be an excellent father to his kids. That other "bad person" at work who screwed up royally today? That error might later lead to a huge breakthrough. We will never have enough info to holistically evaluate a person and score them in totality as "bad" or "good."”
“It's irrelevant to me if other people know who I am. I'm just, I'm really happy. It calms me down, too. If you're on top of an oilrig, fighting with politicians, or whatever - you need a bit of wisdom to realize that you're not always right, or that you're not always being reasonable, or you're not always listening.”
“It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.”
“It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.”
“It's Israelis who are ready to abandon the hard work of peace.”
“It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know.”
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
“It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.”
“It's judgement day. I'm nervous. My films are finally being released!”
“It's June in January Because I'm in love It always is spring in my heart with you in my arms.”
“It's June in January because I'm in love.”
“It's June second, he told himself. Try to remember that. This is New York, and tomorrow will be June third. If all goes well, the following day will be the fourth. But nothing is certain.”
Source: The New York Trilogy