Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.
I have always argued, in a good novel, interesting things happen to interesting people.
I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older, I think I'd be rather good.
Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.
I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.
I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in the corner eating lunch by herself.
I want to buy them, because historically these have been great engines of enrichment for the middle class, 'historically' meaning now for a good ten years.
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil.
My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race.
There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.
I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.
Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.
I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense.
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.
