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I love the term "everything is copy," attributed to Nora Ephron, which was my guiding principle as I wrote.
You know, look, if I could strangle these people and not go to hell and get executed, I would, but I can't.
I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public.
Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good.
Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.
As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters.
John McCain famously has been incredibly loyal to Sarah Palin ever since he picked her as his running mate.
Donald Trump needs to understand the Republican establishment - they're not going to be his friend, either.
You can play golf with liberals, be neighbors with them, go out to dinner. I just don't want them in power.
My inspiration comes from that and so I wrote ‘Killing Jesus,’ because I think I was directed to write that.
This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
I stand with the Navajo Nation and call upon the U.S. Government to do what is right and clean up this mess.
If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.
Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.
German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.
They don't tell you how to be on TV - they put the camera on you, and they turn it on, and you sink or swim.
We have a person that wants to balance the budget by charging $1,000 to every family who spanks their child.
I lived in Alabama and Georgia, and the people in the south are wonderful. It's God, faith, family, country.
Millions of Americans have already convicted Mrs. Clinton on many, many things. They will never vote for her.
The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.
Fun for us just happens to be screwing around with anything that gets our attention and is thought-provoking.
There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.
It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop.
Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time.
Personally I'm more into science and engineering types of things, not so much into testing 'Star Wars' myths.
Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?
George Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age?
You want to win and you want the [NFL] ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.
I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.
I talk, watch TV, spout opinions, schmooze, negotiate, talk some more, play games, and have a little cocktail.
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.
Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.
If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic.
if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.
When I started in radio, I worked for free. I lived at the radio station. Then I worked for very little money.
If I had one word to describe how I feel at never having to work with co-host Adam Savage again it'd be relief.
Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.
You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.
There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory.
There isn't any reason to dislike people with whom you disagree. I have lots of friends who don't agree with me.
I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.
Had there not been the film, my name would not represent somebody that's out there fighting for the environment.
The issues that we're having with water are worse and the magnitude is bigger than anything I imagined possible.
Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.
Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
The American president just won the nobel peace prize, by any reasonable measure, all Americans should be proud.