Amy Poehler Quotes

Change the world by being yourself.

We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn't matter. But work is third.

Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.

Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about.

There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.

The computer is the new fireplace, everyone in the family gathers around the digital hearth for warmth.

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.

When in doubt, make funny faces.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

No one looks stupid when they're having fun.

I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts.

Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet.

Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love.

Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life, the better.

Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

Nobody looks stupid when they are having fun.

I am tired of being tired and talking about how tired I am.

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

However, if you do start crying in an argument and someone asks why, you can always say, 'I'm just crying because of how wrong you are.'

Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.

Always remember your kid's name.

Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.

A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.

If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.

If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

In conclusion, I invite the media to all grow a pair. And if you can't, I will lend you mine.

I am a firm believer that every few years one needs to shake one's life through a sieve, like a miner in the Yukon. The gold nuggets remain. The rest falls through like the soft earth it is.

Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission.

When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women.

So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

Other people are not medicine.

I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday.

The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.

Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.

Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better.

I've said this before, that, when you're in school and you're the class clown, men are really good at making fun at other people and women are really good at making fun of themselves.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.

I find that, in general, the amount of sharing men do with each other in one year is about the same as what I share with my female friends while we wait for our cars at the valet.

The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

Sleep is out... tired is the new black.

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.