Life is all about learning and one of the most memorable ways of learning something is by messing up.
My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.
Don't talk to me about people who are 'nice' cause I have spent my whole life in ruins because of people who are 'nice'.
Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.
Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put into your hands this piece of the earth itself as a sign that we restore them to you and your children forever.
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.
I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone - the enchanting youth that forever walks on air.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.
Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem.
Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide.
There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.
Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. . . They realized they couldn't beat us. . .
The international reach of Fringe still catches me by surprise a bit, at times. Also, I was given the gift of a character that is every actor's dream. So, you combine those two factors and it's been an incredibly memorable five years.
I've gone through managers like people go through shredded wheat. Nobody looks after you.
For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds - and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act.
In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo. . . . It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better
On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
The 'music' is not an open court and a fair trial.
