How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly.
Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It's a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that.
If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
While women were powerfully liberated both externally as well as internally by the feminism of the 1970s, we made some serious mistakes as well.
I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.
Sandy fidgeted with his pen. “There’s something I didn’t write down. Maybe I shouldn’t tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well, Jake Wexler… he’s a bookie.” No, he should not have told her. “A small-time operator, I’m sure, M...
'Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.
I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.
In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side.
I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
The minute my hair went, I shaved it. Thank God it became kind of cool. I just have really big ears.
I was perfectly satisfied with the West Side of Chicago when I was in knickerbockers. I hope it was with me.
Me, I'm spiritually retarded, I need to be knee deep in water with a fly rod in my hands, that's about as close to God as I get.
I have an intuition, and usually my intuition is right. I have a feeling for whether a role will be good or bad for me, and I almost never make a mistake.
I realized that I didn't want to do anything else. Plus, I realized I was good, and, most importantly, I actually loved to sing on stage.
