Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I have withdrawal pains about not getting to work the people (on the show). — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub shoulders with the rat-faced people in television — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success...when you can wish good things for people and rejoice… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
During an interview with Katie Couric Tuesday, Sarah Palin says she is not opposed to gay people, adding 'One of my absolute… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Most of the women in your life will outlast the men in your life. The Saturday Night Live ladies - Maya Rudolph,… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. People's faces will tell you amazing things.… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL'… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Women need to take charge of their lives and be as dynamic and active as they can be. I know that some… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I had already made a decision early on that I would be a plain girl with tons of personality, and accepting it… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
If you're a good improviser, you improvise well enough that people think that you're doing a sketch. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I had to come to terms with how I saw myself. I had to understand that I wasn't pretty or beautiful like… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to open up… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone,… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The pressure of 'what are you going to do?' makes everyone feel like they haven't done anything yet. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“[On getting older]: You can witness young people embarrassing themselves and get a thrill--that it's not you. You can watch them throw around their… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image