A child gets sick with a chronic disease of unhappiness not from unhappy circumstances but from unhappy people around him. Unhappy people cannot raise happy children; it's impossible.
There's only one person gets you sacked and that's the fans
Part of the blame can be put at the artists' door, too - no question. But I see our involvement more as a consequence. When there is too much money at stake, the whole system gets corrupted. Artists can be very vulnerable to these mechanisms.
The intelligence community's 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stated, in a formal presentation to President Bush and to Congress, its view that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction - a belief in which the NIE said it held a 90% level of confidence. That is about as certain as the intelligence community gets on any subject.
Good men and good women have fire in the belly. We are fierce. Don't mess with us if you're looking for someone who will always be 'nice' to you. Nice gets you a C+ in life. We don't always smile, talk in a soft voice, or engage in indiscriminate hugs. In the loving struggle between the sexes we thrust and parry.
If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble, that's not capitalism, that's socialism for the rich
She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one.
All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.
I'm that tech writer who gets on stage and plays funny tech songs. I wouldn't want that to be all I'm known for, but it's a bit of a differentiator.
No one ever really gets used to nightmares.
If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.
a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it
You'll get through this. And I know it's impossible to believe right now, but it gets better. Trust me.
The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
Conscience gets expensive, doesn't it?
In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.
The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.
Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.
Horror is my motor. It gets to me on an animal level and satisfies my impulse toward scenario building.
Crazy gets all the knives.