I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.
Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.
Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today's starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.
Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I can either choose to stop and acknowledge it, or put it off and hope that it won't fade away. 'That Wasn't Me' is no exception - it came together more quickly than any other song I have ever constructed on my own.
Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.
Staying in Likud means wasting time in political squabbles rather than acting on behalf of the good of the country.
I can tell if I'm being lied to or manipulated a little better than most. It's definitely an advantage for me.
I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.
I have found that many other countries will buy off on anything American. As much as they hate us, they want to be us more than anything.
I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it.
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
We need to acknowledge that families come in multiple shapes and sizes, that love is not a finite asset, and that caregiving involves more than a genetic imperative.
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
It is well past time for President Abbas to stand up and condemn all acts of violence, rather than encouraging violence by glorifying terrorists and teaching children to view Israelis as animals.
So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.
There's so many different ways to get yourself out there, a lot more options than when we first came out.
Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
The public health ramifications of our scandalous open borders are possibly even more dangerous and far-reaching than the economic and political consequences.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
I feel that everything I do in my life I can do in a shorter time than most men can. It's the quality, not the quantity.
Nothing is higher than the love of truth.
Many chefs are either technically or artistically better than me, but I know my food has soul.
We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.
The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.
I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather settle for people thinking that I'm a bum, but digging my stories, than liking me and not being able to believe in my stories. That's one reason I've been hard on myself, because I want my stuff to be believable.
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us.
