I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I'm not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I'm just a normal guy when it comes down to it.
You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
Mr. President, you are not above the law. You will be held accountable.
Nancy Pelosi (as Speaker of the US House of Representatives) - October 8th 2019
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
There's no vacation from being a parent.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly thought the clear air, watching the earth below, and the men on it, no bigger than ants.
A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
I feel happy to terrify kids.
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Writers write these male stereotypes, and it makes it ten times more interesting if a woman says the lines.
I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the bas*ment, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.
Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I learned, from observing him, the satisfaction that comes from striving and seeing a dream fulfilled.
Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part.
I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.
I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
"Weekend Update" can be presented as a full 20-minute sketch, and there's a lot of room there.
Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.
Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.
I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.
Some players get trophys, some get statues. Some get both.
Zlatan Ibrahimović - at the inauguration of his statue, October 8th 2019
I will be finishing my active career at the end of this season. I will remain faithful to football. Many, many thanks for the time we spent together, I will always have a place for you in my heart!
Bastian Schweinsteiger - via Instagram, am 08.10.2019
I've seen beautiful art on the sides of buildings. I've seen beautiful art in museums. I've seen beautiful art in galleries. Beautiful art is everywhere.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
I used to think that eating healthy was ordering a fish sandwich at McDonalds.
When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.
If I laugh a couple of times a day, I'm doing good. People think it's their God-given right to be happy, and it's just not. It's something you've got to work at. I like to paint the human condition, and the human condition is not smiles and happy people.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?
If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.
My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.
When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.
You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much!
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
