Their Quotes

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.

I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.

Music, Rock and Roll music especially, is such a generational thing. Each generation must have their own music, I had my own in my generation, you have yours, everyone I know has their own generation.

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.

I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.