Making Quotes

With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy.

We are making gods out of global celebrities.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

It seems like bands have stopped making timeless, great rock albums like they did back in the day.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.

I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way. I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.

I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'

All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.

It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.

There's nothing like Nashville for making records.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

Government has the role of suiting people for freedom. People aren't made for freedom spontaneously. There's sort of a 19-year race between when people are born and when they become adults. And government has a role in making them, at the end of 19 years, suited to be upright, trustworthy repositories of popular sovereignty.

To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company.

My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter and barbequing.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over.

You can only go forward by making mistakes.