J. K. Simmons Quotes

Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.

My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.

My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.

Every day you eat is every day you have to work out.

I did not steal other people's work! I may have appropriated some styles, but I did not steal. My work is full... of homages to everyone in my medium - not theft!

If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

Any work that is really great hovers between terrific and terrible.

There'd never been a clothing line made by a young woman like me: a multiethnic woman who has one foot in Gucci and one foot in the ghetto.

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

I love when people walk into my house and start grinning: "This is too much - this is so you!" Why give people brown cardboard when you can give them embroidered, crystal-flecked organza?

You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.

Yes, Im quirky, loud and crazy.

You can be rich and not be famous. You can be famous and not be rich. But to be rich and famous is a special category all by itself.

[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.

Fans like their heroes simple. I'm supposed to stick out my tongue twenty-four hours a day and do nothing else.

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

Ladies, first and foremost: you're on your own. No more rules neatly laid out for you to follow. You have to make up YOUR OWN rules.

Let's say you're a garage mechanic, and you have big dreams about opening up your own chain of branded garages around the country. Terrific.

I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.

Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement.

The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip.

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

Strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

It's not always what you know, but who you know. Get out and meet people.

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.

Being a Jew, you realize your strongest weapon is your mind.

Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.

Happy can make you money, but money can't make you happy.

You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.

As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.

As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted

There are no limitations to any of our dreams.

Rock bands are a lot like football teams: If a guy is on drugs and messes up, get someone else who's proud to wear the uniform and be part of the team.

You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri

A kid who moves is a kid who learns.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?

I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere.

When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.

Better to discuss everything out in the open while you're in love, then if or when the relationship sadly ends. It's called Full Disclosure Before The Fact.