J. K. Simmons Quotes

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

I worship scones and danishes. If I never had another meal, I wouldn't care as long as I could eat pastries and jelly doughnuts.

Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.

Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

I get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.

If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.

Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.

It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.

Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence.

You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won't say. It's like Donald Trump.

Never give up just because it gets hard

The richest person in the world is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least

You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.

A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.

Our perception of yesterday is the foundation for our expectations of tomorrow.

I'm very determined, honest, open and definitely very energetic. I expect a lot as a boss and I'm very demanding, but I ask that of myself too.

One positive thought can change your whole day.

You can say anything you want to say about me. But don't you dare address overweight people with terrible names and ugly remarks. That is what upsets me.

By listening to your higher self, or Atman, you can return to the truth that's already inside of you and in the process change not only yourself, but the entire world, through positivity and love.

You don't always have to say something. Let your life be your message.

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days.

Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.

There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency.

First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

A woman may be a mother, a sister, a business woman, or she may own a business. Woman do many things, and it is important that we do it with grace and style.

Being successful is something that's sometimes hard to deal with.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave.

Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well.

You've got to put your head down and do the work. There are no shortcuts.

I don't believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God's way of communicating with us.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs.

You have to understand that nothing appeals to everybody.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.

I know that you like to see a man in the kitchen, but I'm skeptical of men who cook. A man should be focusing his attention on the woman, and not what's on the stove.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

If you're going through hell...keep going! You always grow through what you go through.

Be alive! See what you want! DO NOT lose your fascination! What you're fascinated with becomes fastened to you!

Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.