Benchmarked Against Quotes

#1. A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.

Will Ferrell

#2. I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely.

David Zucker

#3. We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.

John Kline

#4. Politics is comparable to boxing. The only thing is that in politics there are basically no rules. In boxing, you can get a black eye, but in politics you can get poison in your food or a bullet in the head. It's definitely rougher and tougher than other sports.

Wladimir Klitschko

#5. I didn't jump a lot of trees because I didn't like heights. I liked getting a mirror and walking around with it facing the sky. I'd imagine I was walking in the tops of the trees and falling into the sky, or walking up the stairs whilst going down.

Beth Orton

#6. Good souls many will one day be horrified at the things they now believe of God.

George MacDonald

#7. In the original language, "he gave thanks" reads "eucharisteo." ... The root word for eucharisteo is charis, meaning "grace." Jesus took bread and saw it as grace and gave thanks. He took the bread and knew it to be gift and gave thanks.

Ann Voskamp

#8. I obsess over places I will never live and restaurants at which I aspire to eat.

Betsy Beers

#9. We change and it's uncomfortable. We flow for a time and then it's awkward.

Frazey Ford

#10. I'm trustworthy and true and a whole of other positive words that start with T.

Rob Payne