99 Great Quotes By Amy Poehler That Will Bring The House Down
That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.
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 that dream and support and do things.
I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they “want to do” and start asking them what they don’t want to do.
You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing.
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.
People are their most beautiful when they are laughing, crying, dancing, playing, telling the truth, and being chased in a fun way.
Saying “yes” doesn’t mean I don’t know how to say no, and saying “please” doesn’t mean I am waiting for permission.
The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.
Telling me to relax or smile when I’m angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You’re just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off.
Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.
You have to care about your work but not about the result. You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.
A lot of people don’t know I am always thisfuckingclose to doing some crazy shit.
It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for. It takes years to find your voice and seize your real estate.
It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.
Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.
How a person treats their waitress is a great indication of their character.
Anger and embarrassment are often neighbors.
It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.
You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.
If you can dance and be free and not embarrassed you can rule the world.
I believe great people do things before they are ready.
Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.
Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.
Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won’t rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.
Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.
I don’t think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.
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.
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.
The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.
It’s easier to be brave when you’re not alone.
