Menu
Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.
Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.
I think that’s become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family – a statement – and you can afford it, then that’s a noble project.
I’ve seen little pieces of ‘Interview with a Vampire’ when it was on TV, but I kind of always go yuck! I don’t watch R-rated movies, so that really cuts down on a lot of the horror.
One can’t relive one’s life. Forgiveness is not what’s difficult one’s always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that’s obvious.
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Love is not something you feel. It’s something you do.
Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.
Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice.
I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.
Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.
All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future… most importantly global warming and climate change.
I have always wanted a bunny and I’ll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.
My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer’s mind-set: Everything’s kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?
The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.
Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more of a social pulse. I like to keep learning and trying new things. And if the scripts are good, it doesn’t really matter.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
I would love to travel around the world working for a travel company taking students abroad on cultural immersion trips.
Segregation has no place in the education system.
When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don’t pry into other people’s business.
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.
I can sing and dance. I can smile – a lot.
This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.
There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.
The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.
Right now I’m so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don’t know what I’d do with it. I don’t travel anymore. I don’t need anything, don’t want anything. I’d give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger.
Most of the time you’re too busy to think about it. But every now and then you say, ‘I work at ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and that is so cool.
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can’t leave, you are in effect a captive.
Well, there’s just some universal truths in a way that I’ve just observed to be true. You read Voltaire. You read modern literature. Anywhere you go, there’s these observations about romantic love and what it does people, and these rotten feelings that rarely are people meaning to do that to each other.
President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
Success is a science if you have the conditions, you get the result.
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let’s get on with it.
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.
I don’t ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I’m not a romantic really.