Joel Dreessen quotes

Joel Dreessen quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“My mom called me up and said you almost had that one, moms are the greatest, you can't do wrong by your Mom. She blames it on everybody else but me.”
-- Joel Dreessen

#Mom Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Blame Quotes

“My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.”
“I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.”
“Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age”
“It's been a wild ride. I hope people can appreciate how special it is to see the people that ran well today; how special and sometimes fleeting greatness can be even from yourself. I gave it everything I had and for a short period of time I did very very well and I'm very proud of that and I'm leaving it at that. I did the best I could.”
“Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.”
“There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.”
“You can't blame gravity for falling in love.”
“Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.”
“Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”
“How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?”

Source : Amy Tan (1992). “The Kitchen God's wife”, Thorndike Pr

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