First off, I don't do self-deprecation comedy based on being fat. I would always talk about it honestly. Secondly, I don't care… — Jeff Garlin Copy Share Image
My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
People are always judging you based on where you're from, where you went to school, how you look, how you talk. But… — Andre Carson Copy Share Image
'Friend Monkey' is really my favorite of all my books because the Hindu myth on which it is based is my favorite… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
Turning a culture around is very difficult to do because it's based on a series of many, many decisions, and the organization… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
My stand-up has always been very character-based. I'm not really the kind of person that's like, 'Hey, here's what's on my mind!… — Mary Lynn Rajskub Copy Share Image
Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
With a pilot, there's a lot of information that gets packed into 46 minutes or whatever it is. Usually what happens is… — Eric Dane Copy Share Image
“Young people today are deeply passionate and crave authentic life based on truth. They're hungry to make a difference. They're willing to… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
Every hope of successive generations of scholars that order might be constructed from the chaotic mess of medical nomenclature has been frustrated.… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
My brothers and sisters and I spoke in a language called Egg Latin. In the early '50s in Canada, this became a… — Phil Hartman Copy Share Image
Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
The interesting thing is, when you play a real-life character or someone based in a book, you always come up against people's… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
I wrote a spec script that people really liked: a political serial based on Jeffrey's Toobin's 'A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.' It was… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
I ask questions. I watch the world. And what I have discovered is that the parts of my fiction that people most… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that,… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
It is obvious, moreover, that the formation of price in capitalist society must differ from the formation of price in social conditions… — Rudolf Hiferding Copy Share Image
All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills.… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
When news comes out, it ought to be reported. There shouldn't be a moratorium based on legitimate news, just because it may… — Mark E. Hyman Copy Share Image
Research shows that women at that mid level tend to get promoted based on performance, and men tend to get promoted based… — Beth Brooke Copy Share Image
The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today.… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood is based on… — Alan Mak Copy Share Image
When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ownership, the duration, value, cost and extent… — Lisa Gansky Copy Share Image
Not being re-signed in Baltimore was probably the lowest point, mentally, of my career. That city was the only place where I… — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
With fantasy and sci-fi, it's based in a real fandom. You're presenting to experts, and their source material is really important to… — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
