Says Quotes

The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.

There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.

You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.'

Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

I don't want to make the same mistakes of being swept along with things, taking on jobs that I'm not passionate about, that I don't really believe in but that everyone says I should do.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad.

She says that I wore some pretty sexy leather pants to that first meeting, but I don't remember.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.

Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.

The Dominican Republic says 'We're black behind the ears.' And in Mexico, 'there's a black grandma in the closet.' They know, they've just been intermarrying for a long time. But if we did the DNA of everyone in Mexico a whole lot of people would have a whole lot of black in them.

Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.