American Celebrity Quotations | Page 6

In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but he thought it might be; immediately I made the proof and found that it was gold.

I mean, they're threatening - my career is over. You know, everything I've worked so hard. I've worked extremely hard since about 17 years old, you know, as a White House intern on up.

I'm racing for the wins and racing up front and finishing in the top 10. It's puzzling to me how you can judge a driver on that.

I'm just riding the wave until it hits the shore.

I moved on with my life but I still have a big commitment to Terri. I made her a promise.

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please.

I followed most of the 80's bands into the 90's as most of those folks who hadn't moved away were all still active. However, there was a point when I lost track of the new bands coming up.

I had taken the secretaryship and treasurer of our C.E. society, had the charge, and the roll call was the first Sunday in August, and I felt I must be there and attend to that part of the business.

I had to admit I'd pretty much failed at the whole low-profile thing.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

I'm not used to saying no to this man on any level.

I lived, ate, and breathed Star Wars for five months, and then had to go on to other work. The fans do all this full-time. It's amazing.

If Senator Kerry decides to join us for an hour, then we may only use one or two brief clips. And use the bulk of what he has to tell us as part of that program.

I had a large bulldog which saved my life three times, when they came slyly near the house in the night: he got hold of and marked them most severely.

In the U.S the right is very wide. From Neo con's to almost Anarchist.

In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.

I love the game because it's so simple, yet it can be so complex. There's a lot of layers to it, but they aren't hard to peel back.

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.

I haven't even begun. I'm in the infancy of having the privilege of living this life. I'm still in utero. Oh God! Just wait until I'm born!

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

I occasionally miss big city things, like major league baseball, a large art museum, more choices when shopping for musical equipment etc.

In terms of paying for universal health care, why not just give us the bitter medicine of how much it's going to cost us in taxes?

In separate rooms, gave each of us a simple form of physical examination, were puzzled why Barney's teeth were removable but mine were not.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.

I just turned 26. I'm young, for sure, I still have fun, but living in Vegas for five months straight going out every single night takes its toll.

Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul.

I don't think my music is changed enough. There are many songs that I end up scrapping because they sound too much like something I've done before.

I don't really think that Reggie is going to need that much help. It's more in the area of the subtle aspects of working broadcasts.

I don't know if we can call ourselves everyday Joes. I think Supermen is more appropriate. We're just trying to take back the medium we invented!

I don't know if I'll ever be the same.

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together.

If he'd just pay me what he's paying them to stop me robbing him, I'd stop robbing him.

If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.

If I had any skepticism about what I had read in the paper or seen in the wire services, I would try to call people to find out more information.

I'd gone through a lot of guys in the past year, trying to get over my old boyfriend, but Gary was the one who swept me off my feet.

I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine.

I couldn't go to South Carolina because the media had staked out my parents' house, so they encouraged me through long-distance phone calls.

I couldn't do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys?

I don't think the news content you get becomes different through the different media as much as it does where the news is placed.

I do wish I could come and see you all and I intend to if nothing happens to prevent this Summer coming for I almost feel homesick when thinking how long it is since I saw my Mother.

I basically look at it as... if the guy hacked into Citibank and stole millions of dollars, would I hire him to secure my bank? Maybe not!

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.

I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.

I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.

I don't want to shoot with you Harvey.

However, one of my ambitions in 1958 when I entered the field was to establish a department of medical physics in our medical school.

How is it ever appropriate for an employee to ever speak and ever think that they can speak to an employee the way he spoke to me, bottom line?

I don't necessarily think anything on a Web site can have a result.

I believe I am entitled to a public explanation.

Heat is more even on a gas grill. On a charcoal grill the flame varies so much that it takes a very skilled hand to grill things properly.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at.

All in all I led a pretty normal life.

All families need support and resources, regardless of whether both parents are working, or a single mother is raising children on her own.

The charge of stacking has no validity and, as far as black quarterbacks are concerned, the N.F.L. has had more than many people realize.

The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.

The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field is now much more technical. More training is needed to do the job.

The greatest thing about these contests, in my experience, is that they keep a lot of poor writing out of the overburdened journals' slush piles.

The Indians had now become so bad and had stolen so much stock that it was decided to stop the pony express for at least six weeks.

The documents have not been conclusively proven false. Neither have they been proven authentic.

Ah, dearer than my soul. Dearer than light, or life, or fame.

And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject.

All truths begin as hearsay, as far as I'm concerned.

Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified.

All of these deep, deep emotional things, good and bad, so that if you're able to do that, then there's a kind of resonance that happens.

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

And I don't feel in any way responsible.