I have a natural instinct to feel guilty and that I've let people down. I've apologized in more songs than 'Back to the Shack.' Going back to our second record, the closing lines are 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' It's definitely part of my personality.
I can't stand when people say, 'Don't hate me because I'm beautiful'. OK, how about I hate you because you said that.
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.
I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held that job. It's a 24-hour barrage of information.
I think most people don't understand: I have nothing to do with that. I just open my mouth, and it comes out that way.
I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge.
To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
Your mother embarrasses you in front of maybe a couple hundred people. My mother embarrasses me in front of millions.
Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.
So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.
I like people who dress quirkly and differently. Like in womenswear, thank god for Helena Bonham Carter!
Sometimes people walk into plays by accident - they don't even know what they're looking at; they just think to give it a chance. That can be the beginning of a long friendship.
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
My experience tells me, unfortunately, that so many people ask the question about 'The Smiths' reforming without really caring about the answer. They just really want to ask the question.
George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.
There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life.
I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out.
I will always come back to do Australian films. I think it matters. I think we can make films that people go and see. And I don't think it's too much to ask that films in this country make a profit and that we embrace them.
Few people would doubt that Mark Zuckerberg would build a great product. But I, at least, would never have expected him to become so great at hiring, motivating, managing, and ultimately getting whatever it is his company needs from people.
There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people.
To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh-well, it's the best job in the world.
Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.
Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.
I think I just say what I'm thinking. And - you know, if people relate to it, they relate to it, but - I really - you know, if you really listen to me, I don't have my finger on any pulse.
I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not into promoting me. I'm into talking about why I've done what I've done, why I continue to do this work and why other people should care.
I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.
I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.
I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative music in the world for the sake of success. That's what the music business does to you. That's what capitalism does to you.
No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.
Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods.
