Every literary culture has among its first bearings the 'blether' of animals who seek to make sense of human existence.
We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.
If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.
In L.A., you can put out a craft-service table anywhere, and it's no big deal. But in New York, people who walk by it on the street get really angry about it.
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.
The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.
9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who lost family in the wars and people who lost family in various terrorist attacks that have occurred since.
I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.
There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls.
If achieving the Hong Kong dream becomes a vanishing hope, then our society will suffer. What would the Hong Kong dream be? It's no different from the American dream, whereby an everyday man on the street who works hard would be able to make good savings and use those savings as equity for their future small business.
I'm the only person in the entire world who has never see 'Dawson's Creek.'
It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
The Hamptons are filled with people who are winners Monday through Friday.
God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.
You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.
I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two.
Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.
I didn't see a lot of women who looked like me on TV when I was growing up.
I'm giving away my family's story. Who owns the family's story? I don't. But you could turn it around and ask, 'Who is to deny me to write my family's story?' I have hurt people, but I don't think in a dangerous way. But you can't tell.
You can't teach an ear, you can't teach talent, but you can teach people who have those things not to just fly by the seat of their pants.
Be the best teammate you can be, be the best player you can be, and just be as supportive and encouraging for the people who are playing.
Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.
Who would have thought that the girl who was forced to go to the hospital because she's so skinny would one day be called too fat?
Everybody talks about Bolt. Now they can talk about the ladies who are running some really wonderful times.
I was prom king. Which is actually saying I was the sixth most popular, because the five who were on homecoming were automatically disqualified from prom, so of course I have to look at it that way.
There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
