Amy Poehler Quotes

Sometimes we get defensive about what we feel guilty about.

the first thing we do is take our brain out and put it in a drawer. Stick it somewhere and let it tantrum until it wears itself out.

Masters of Sex is the degree I got from Boston College.

You can't look stupid if you're having fun.

I was trapped in an awful spiral of insecure narcissism

I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.

Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center.

You don't have to treat people badly to be on top.

My inability to keep my shit straight made me straighten out my shit.

Your ability to navigate & tolerate change & its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness & general well-being

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

Decide what your currency is and let go of what you don't have.

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.

When in doubt, make funny faces.

Anyone who has the kind of inventive and inspired comic sensibility to be able to do that kind of work must be pretty talented.

You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.

Your brain is not your friend when you need to apologize. Your brain and your ego and your intellect all remind you of the facts.

I am allowed to have healthy self-esteem.

11. If you don't eat pussy, keep walking.

I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.

I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is.

I don't remember; I was in a rage haze. Also I was showing off, which can be at the very least embarrassingly transparent and at the very worst

But as my dear friend and relationship sponsor Louis CK has noted, divorce is always good news because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce.

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I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff.

I know enough now to know I know nothing.

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

Dancing is the great equalizer. It gets people out of their heads and into their bodies.

Finally, thank you, Dolly Parton. Just because.

A lot of people don't know I am always thisfuckingclose to doing some crazy shit.

Ang Lee's been nominated for Best Director for Life of Pi, which is what I'm going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off!

I am introducing a new idea. Try to care less. Practice ambivalence. Learn to let go of wanting it.

BEN (CONT'D) I am deeply, ridiculously in love with you. Above everything else, I want to be with you, forever. So, Leslie Knope, w -

People are very bad and very good. A little love goes a long way.

I have the Angelina Jolie of vaginas.

Writer for Conan, wrote a character for me called Andy's Little Sister. Her name was Stacey and she wore headgear and was obsessed with Conan.

You can't stand around and wait to be asked to dance.

A watched cervix never dilates.

No opinion. They're condescending. (on turtles)

Sleep helps you win at life.

They feed their demon and it gets really strong and then it makes them stay in abusive relationships

Girls, if a boy says something that isn't funny, you don't have to laugh.

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.

Kiss every baby, and pet every dog. Walk slowly, and lie down when you're tired. What's next?

Nobody looks stupid when they are having fun.

I used to have a terrific flat stomach but now it's kind of blown out after two giant babies used it as a short-term apartment.

I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.

If you don't eat pussy, keep walking.

If I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties.

I really do believe that anything in life, any obstacle or challenge, can be made better with humor.

Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub shoulders with the rat-faced people in television

People who are committing and taking risks become the king and queen of my prom.

You put your hand on your heart and feel it beating and decide if what you wrote feels true.

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

The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC's identity, to say, "We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business."

I get a little itchy if I don't have some control.

Feeling invisible means you can float. You can decide to travel without permission.

I firmly believe that every boy needs his mom to love him and every girl needs her dad to pay attention to her.

If it's not funny, you don't have to laugh.

The only thing we can depend on in life is that everything changes. The seasons, our partners, what we want and need.

Calling people sweetheart makes most people enraged.

If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh.

It's important to know when it's time to turn in your kazoo.

I like to do things that challenge me and make me nervous.

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.

I love you and I like you.

Because remember, the talking about the thing isn't the thing. The doing of the thing is the thing.

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

As the old saying goes, Don't ask for permission to sit on George Clooney's lap, beg for forgiveness once you do.

I wrote it ugly and in pieces.

No one looks stupid when they're having fun.

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

I have withdrawal pains about not getting to work the people (on the show).

I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life.

Sexy stuff. We lived on a street called

MTV introduced me to punk music and gay people.

He handed me a rope and it was up to me whether I would climb it or use it to hang myself.

I love my boys so much I fear my heart will explode. I wonder if this love will crack open my chest and split me in half. It is scary, this love.

Short people DO NOT like to be picked up.

A new poll reveals that 56% of Americans believe that Wal-Mart is bad for the country, while the other 44% work there.

And then you just do it. You just dig in and write it.

Every mother needs a wife.

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

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

Wordsworth also said that the best part of a person's life is "his little, nameless, unremembered, acts of kindness and of love." I

Dreams never wear you down.

I was playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and it was my turn to speak. Dorothy is Hamlet for girls.

That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.

Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!

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

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?

1. We don't need it to last as long as you think. Hurry up. We are so tired.

Your ability to navigate & tolerate change & its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness & general well-being

You become more attractive when you love yourself. You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.

How a person treats their waitress is a great indication of their character.

THE HOLIDAYS ARE RUINED!
This book is one page long and just contains that one sentence.

In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares?

He talks about how the word "no" should be the "end of the discussion, not the beginning of a negotiation.