I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.
I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.
The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.
I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.
Foolishness is doing ignorantly something forbidden repeatedly by sages since ages, and Madness is doing the very same prohibited thing repeatedly but intentionally.
You are not an apology, do not treat yourself like one; your lips are perfect for kissing, your hips do not spell 'sorry'.
NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.
When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.
I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.
In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs.
What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.
Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.
Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
