Some Quotes

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them.

If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible.

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

After this whole acting thing is over and done, you eventually have to be human. Some people are never human. It's very weird.

I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic.

Some things are impossible.

I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

For some people, what really matters to them is sleep.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.

But as far as Twitter, I'll be in a restaurant and I'll get home and somebody tweeted and they talked about what I ordered and what I was wearing. In some cases, that could be dangerous, because you don't want everybody to know where you are every second of every day.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.

Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?