Rosie ODonnell Quotes - Page 2

I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where you're the total boss of everything!

I know the best moments can never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do just that.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they're legal harder to get.

I'd rather sink with my own vision than float with somebody else's.

I'd always admired writers. I'd always loved words on a page. Somehow, words seemed to bypass image and get straight to the heart of things. Somehow, words seemed big enough to contain pain, and sentences could pull broken bits together.

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

I don't think you choose whether or not you're gay.

The teachers in America need to be applauded every day because they save the lives of kids!

I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.

My life goal is not to ruin anyone's existence. I'm a comic.

There are some heterosexuals that have heterosexual behavior that is appalling sexually, that is deviant and bad and not really moral and Christ-like and biblical. But those people are never questioned as to whether or not they're allowed to be a parent.

It's the main reason why I continue to push myself and my career to do more and more as the amount that you're able to raise for charity and to give to charity by my celebrity.

The gray has gone away. I am living in bright Technicolor.

It's hard to find a reason that is not environmentally centered, that [doesn't have] something to do with global warming or what the planet is going through. The amount of tornadoesit's like three times the highest amount ever before, right? Something weird is happening with all of these natural catastrophes.

I don't like to go to premieres or openings. I don't like to have to put on makeup.

Every time that I hear the orchestra tuning up, I get chills all over my body. You know, catharsis after catharsis. It's better than sex!

I think life is easier if you're straight.

I know, people were like, "It's all right that she's gay, but she doesn't have to look so gay." Trust me - I'm never cutting my hair again!

The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't.

I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.

I don't want only a career.

I think everyone spins. You would just be an empty vacant shell reporting facts. I mean, you have your life that you bring with you to every moment that happens.

The hope for me going back into television - after doing what will have been two years of radio - is to bring that authenticity with me. And, to not have the visual be overpowering the content.