Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody… — Amy Sillman Copy Share Image
The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And,… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
I thought I'm going to die. So why can't I do everything? And what is this idea that I worked all day… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter,… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
“I took care of the next guy in line while I checked out the girl who was boxing up a pecan pie… — Chris Cannon Copy Share Image
Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it?… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I never lived the life of 'Oh, you're so good-looking'. People thought I was a girl when I was little, because I… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
“He disappeared out the door and Marilyn starting cleaning the tables that had been vacated by the leaving patrons. At Tom’s seat… — David Methvin Pierce Copy Share Image
I was never a nightclub manager or a hostess. I want to make that very clear. I was an executive at my… — Rachel Uchitel Copy Share Image
“As soon as he took his chair, the waitress came over, her eyebrows raised, as if he were a new customer. He… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand death. For that matter, I don’t really understand life. You live. You suffer. You die. It hardly seems worth… — C A Deyton Copy Share Image
The best thing about being 45 is not taking myself so seriously. Do I miss the package I came in at 25?… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
“From there we’d go over to the Friendly Lounge at Tenth and Washington, owned by a guy named John who went by… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“Carol, a swing-shift cocktail waitress in the Bird of Paradise's show lounge had gotten home (guesswork, here) around 2:15 - 2:30, poured… — Jeff Rice Copy Share Image
I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what?… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. My mom then got Pell Grants,… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
For the rest of my life I'll be thinking about that hamburger. I'll be sitting there at the counter, holding it in… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I really liked the idea of playing that kind of optimistic, super-intense, go-get-'em spirit combined with being a little bit of an… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
We live a pleasant life shopping at the Food Shoppe . . . taking the kids to the Weinery-Beanery, . . .… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Look, I realize both of you could happily strangle each other across the table, but I don't think that's the most effective… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Even if we profess to be non-judgmental, there's an inherent judgmentality and hierarchy in which the spiritual person, the conscious person, the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
I think it's quite common and realistic. There are many stories like this [in Waitress]. [Jenna, my character] marriage looks really horrible… — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
Donald Trump claims - he did interview after the debate where he said, well, gosh, you can't find Americans to do these… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image