Were Quotes

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.

I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them.

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles about TV shows that were bad for America. Then we all started watching it and loved it.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets.

People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.

Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.

If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.