W. E. B. Griffin Quotes

But if something funny happens, I can't resist. I have to tell the people.

I'm a female in comedy, so of course I want there to be more women on 'SNL', and women of color.

The thing that bums me out about 'The Real World' is I don't want to believe that teenagers are that stupid.

My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

I do feel I'm kind of a magnet for crazy, and if there isn't enough crazy, I will insert myself in a situation that I feel has comedy potential.

I certainly immerse myself in as many crazy Hollywood events as I can because you never know where you can pick up material.

The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don't know they are.

When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version.

Pretty much everywhere I go, I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to be bounced. I am still the outsider who snuck into the party. I identify with the regular person, because that is who I am.

I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer.

It was sweaty Whitney (Houston) in Central Park. She knew that park pretty well. Every bush!

To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.

My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.

The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.

We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago's public schools.

The spiritual experience isn’t one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered.

When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.

Seeing my children in the morning as they come down from their bedrooms makes my heart come alive. There's just no better moment in my day.

I tell everybody that I'm a quatre-sexual: I will do anything with anybody for a quarter.

I've outlived all my diet doctors.

I will not be back after these messages

That my business success is equal to my personal life.

As a mentalist, perhaps only Orson Wells was in Jason's league. After a career in television, Randal has my endorsement. He's simply the best I've ever seen!

That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.

Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?

Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer puts it back in digitally or through whatever machinery you've got.

It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

People would say I'm more polished as a passer than Tebow and Cam, but I'm not as physical a runner. But I am 6'2, 223, and I can throw with the best of them.

Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.

I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.

There's just a misconception that comes with being a dual-threat quarterback. You run first, throw second. I've proven I throw first and then run if I have to.

You won't see me taking it easy on the Cowboys because I'm from Texas, you won't see me cheering for the Cowboys because I'm from Texas. I'll be a Redskin, through and through.

I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.

I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.

The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that, you know I believe I can do it.

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

Man, I love the Lord of the Rings movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.

As long as I can run fast, track will always be an option. But right now I'm focused on football because the NFL is knocking on my door and I'm not going to slam it in its face.

Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.