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If you were truly ‘here for me,’ you would have a Kahlua in one hand and Henry Cavill’s number in the other. Since I’m not having drunken phone sex with Superman, there must be another reason you’re darkening my living room.


Naima Simone

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SIMONE WEIL Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
SIMONE WEIL I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.
SIMONE BILES The support down here in Rio has been amazing - between my family, Team U.S.A. and Team Kellogg'...
SIMONE BILES I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.
SIMONE BILES I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled.
SIMONE BILES I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
SIMONE BILES The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
SIMONE BILES I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out mor...
SIMONE BILES Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen.
SIMONE BILES Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more success...
SIMONE BILES If you ever have a mistake, you try to just kind of forget about it because if you carry that with y...
SIMONE BILES If anybody has a bad day, they'll just come to my room because they know I'll bring out the ...
SIMONE BILES I take things one step at a time.
SIMONE BILES It's amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body...
SIMONE BILES If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
SIMONE BILES For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus...
SIMONE BILES It doesn't even matter if I don't win a self-gold - after every meet, I have pizza. Pepperon...
SIMONE BILES I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm ...
SIMONE BILES For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.
SIMONE BILES I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I ju...
SIMONE BILES I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.
SIMONE BILES The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially ...
SIMONE BILES If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
HANNAH SIMONE You quit? I thought you said it was too dangerous to quit, Alex. You said people who try to get out ...
SIMONE ELKELES When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are p...
SIMONE ELKELES Sometimes good men need to do things that aren't good. Right?"
I ruffle his hair. Luis is way m...
SIMONE ELKELES Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
NINA SIMONE To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play b...
NINA SIMONE