MaryJanice Davidson Quotes

My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.

How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny.

People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

We were called The Toilets originally - we were flushed with success.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

There's something undeniably oxymoronic about a 'successful' rock n' roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That's a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with.

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.

It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say.

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.

There is an old story about the mother who had two sons. One went to sea, and the other became vice-president, and neither was ever heard of again.

The worse I do the more popular I get.

I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.

A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

I will say it is funny that writing a song about not wanting to entertain people is what got me a career in entertainment.

These days it seems like any idiot with a laptop computer can churn out a business book and make a few bucks. That's certainly what I'm hoping. It would be a real letdown if the trend changed before this masterpiece goes to print.