I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.
I think we will be safer when we can concentrate law enforcement and criminal justice resources and energies on those individuals who truly need, for the safety of society... to be incarcerated.
I am genuinely sorry that my attendance at an event which, other than my comments, appears to have primarily involved a discussion of cockfighting, has created concern on the part of many Kentucky voters.
Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting.
The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.
You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.
I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.
As for Wikipedia... it’s better to replace it with the new Big Russian Encyclopaedia in electronic form. At least that will be reliable information, presented in a good, modern way.
Vladimir Putin (as President of Russia) - November 2019
You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Who on earth would expect a band such as Nightwish, to give you, of all people, the phone call, 'Hey, can you come and join us now?' Yeah, that turned everything upside down.
I really like to meet people, but only when I have the energy for it.
One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
I might move to Finland, at least for a while, to learn the language a bit better, 'cause you don't learn any language better than in the country itself.
It's good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.
I'm precise. I think in proportions. I play games with numbers, and I proportionalise.
It was a weird stage of my life, to leave Simon & Garfunkel at the height of our success and become a math teacher. I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions, and they would say, 'What were the Beatles like?'
I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.
I had a general burnout: I got extremely tired; I couldn't do anything anymore. I canceled tours; I cancelled everything in my life. For a year and a half, I was completely sick; I couldn't do anything. So yeah, I wanted to write about it in my lyrics. 'Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown' is really about that, the inspiration behind it.
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.
There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.
Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.
Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.
I'm a complete and utter busker.
I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now.
I think Edith Evans is the most marvelous actress in the world and she can look beautiful. People who aren't beautiful can look beautiful. She can look as beautiful as Diana Cooper, who was the most beautiful woman in the world.
There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.
I've always been mad about cats.
My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.
If you dream and you believe, you can do it.
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
