Jim Allister Quotes

I know what it's like to lose it. ~ Jim Butcher

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government. ~ Jim Hightower

Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast! ~ Jim Diamond

In every person there lies a book that can be enjoyed by others only by escaping through the lips or finger tips."
- Jim Conover - 2000 ~ Jim Conover

Hail to the Beast Lord! I waved my spatula for emphasis.
Jim spared me an ugly look and turned to Dali. ~ Ilona Andrews

Overweight people have chosen food over appearance. When a fat person talks about a great place to get a burger, I lean in. They know. ~ Jim Gaffigan

If you weren't getting pretty close to crazy right now, would you be talking to yourself right now? ~ Jim Butcher

Insecurity, thy name is teenager. ~ Jim Butcher

Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series. ~ Jim Cummings

You don't have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you. ~ Jim Butcher

Choose love and don't ever let fear turn you away from your playful heart ~ Jim Carrey

When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of Jim Baker and the whole Iraq Study Group, and 90% of his administration, that was George W. Bush's decision. So we have to bear in mind that this isn't an administration we're electing. It's a person that we are electing. ~ Bret Stephens

An inferior sense of smell," Marcus said, as if absolutely nothing of significance had happened, "is distinct from being told that one smells unpleasant. ~ Jim Butcher

I remember the first time I walked on that stage. Maxine and I were just a duet at the time, and we walked on that stage and did 'Looking Back to See.' Ernest Tubb introduced us at the time. I remember my knees were shaking. ~ Jim Ed Brown

Never before have the American people had their noses so deeply in one another's business. If I announce that I and eleven other diners shared a thirty-seven-course lunch that likely cost as much as a new Volvo station wagon, Those of a critical nature will let their minds run in tiny, aghast circles of condemnation. My response to them is that none of us twelve disciples of gourmandise wanted a new Volvo. We wanted only lunch and since lunch lasted approximately eleven hours we saved money by not having to buy diner. The defense rests. ~ Jim Harrison

Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.' ~ Carlton Cuse

When I was at AOL, I was always on the web media side while much of the company was focused on the ISP business. We focused on big categories like celebrities and sports, and we created brands around that category like AOL Celebrities, AOL Movies and Fanhouse. ~ Jim Bankoff

I was able to make the jump to theaters without having a TV show. My passion for getting a TV show just plummeted. It was like I had already achieved what I wanted to achieve. ~ Jim Gaffigan

I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there. ~ Jim Jarmusch

Still waiting for the sequel, The Little Engine That Sought Revenge: Part Deux. ~ Jim Gaffigan

I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown. ~ Jim Morrison

I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am blind and limited. I would be a fool to think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. ~ Jim Butcher

The mask that you wore. My fingers would explore. Costume of control. Excitement soon unfolds. ~ Jim Morrison

Heroism isn't a one time thing: Live Heroically. ~ Jim MacLaren

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny? ~ Jim Butcher

Parents and schoolteachers counsel black children that, if they ever hope to escape this system and avoid prison time, they must be on their best behavior, raise their arms and spread their legs for the police without complaint, stay in failing schools, pull up their pants, and refuse all forms of illegal work and moneymaking activity, even if jobs in the legal economy are impossible to find. Girls are told not to have children until they are married to a "good" black man who can help provide for a family with a legal job. They are told to wait and wait for Mr. Right even if that means, in a jobless ghetto, never having children at all. ~ Michelle Alexander

You ever mix two different groups of friends? That can be stressful. You always feel like you have to prep 'em. You're like, "These people over here, uh, they don't think I drink. And don't be thrown by my British accent." ~ Jim Gaffigan

Dude," I said, making the word a disgusted sound. "Single guys everywhere hate you. Starting with me. ~ Jim Butcher

One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way. ~ Jim Yong Kim

The only thing weaker than a toddler's handshake is their immune system. ~ Jim Gaffigan

Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so incredibly happy. As I told Chuck Lorre in a Christmas card a few years ago, I'm living a version of the dream. ~ Jim Parsons

Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities. ~ Jim Rohn

One man's toxic waste is another man's potpourri. ~ Jim Carrey

How do we nurture both families and communities, promote a civil discourse, and approach problems with solutions and hope instead of fear and blame? ~ Jim Wallis

I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back ... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place. ~ Jim Cantalupo

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. ~ Jim Rohn

Jim Crow, moreover, was seen executing his world-renowned dance, in gingerbread. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges! ~ Jim George

Fifteen minutes in the majors means you're a great baseball player," said Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland - who never got his fifteen minutes above the Triple-A level. "People just can't understand how good you have to be to get there at all. ~ John Feinstein

I'm also a big 'American Idol' fan. I think it's just great fun. ~ Jim Parsons

You could pick another two people and you'd have a whole other story and that's why films about love get made and made and made - because there's a million ways to tell it and no two stories are the same. ~ Jim Sturgess

Cars aren't merely modes of transit or material possessions to Texans; they are something of a state treasure. We share a special, almost religious attachment to the automobile, rooted, I suppose, in our mythological relationship to the horse, our economic underpinnings in the oil industry, and the inescapable fact that to get anywhere in this state, you have to cover a lot of ground. ~ Jim Atkinson

Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, and there's split seconds where you've got a fraction of a second where you get to make a move a particular way, and you don't get to repeat it if you do it wrong. ~ Jim McKelvey

I love seeing tennis up close. ~ Jim Parsons

Hell's bells, irony blows. ~ Jim Butcher

I cannot be contained ... bec ause I am the container ~ Jim Carrey