We had President Obama on the show last night. I think the president enjoys visiting NBC because we're the only place that has lower numbers than he does.
The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.
. . . when I came back, I found Mom sobbing at the kitchen table. . . Then I asked her what had happened. 'Nothing,'she said. 'I was thinking about that man. . . I started thinking about. . . if he and his wife and their other child are okay, and I don't know. It just got to me. ' 'I know,' I said, because I did know. Sometimes it's safer to cry about people you don't know than to think about people you really love.
I never really thought about how when I look at the moon it;s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.
If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.
The Christmas after Mom & Dad split up, they both went crazy buying us presents. Matt, Jonny, and I were showered with gifts at home and at Dads apartment. I thought that was great. I was all in favor of my love being paid for with presents. This year all I got was a diary and a secondhand watch. Okay, I know this is corny, but this really is what Christmas is all about.
So what if I don't learn algebra?' 'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens. ' 'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left. ' 'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better. ' 'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said.
Love winter when the plant says nothing.
The best parts of any story to me are the unexpected things, and we have really imaginative, smart writers - I can't wait to see what they make with the ingredients they have on hand.
Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped.
Being interested is more important than being interesting.