We drink VB, Victoria Bitter, which is way better.

A drummer is usually like the backbone.

We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car.

We drink VB, Victoria Bitter, which is way better.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

It's not important to how the band functions or to what we do. That's just many people's opinions on what they see. A lot of people project stuff on you, but that's okay.

Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont.

I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.

We loved Andy, so we wanted to keep him. He was in both bands, but Nerve Agents broke up.

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

When you meet someone for the first time thats not the whole book. Thats just the first page.

Getting three gold medals is something I'll really cherish.

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

If you look at 'Avatar,' could you imagine if you did 'Avatar' for 50 million dollars? It would be ridiculous! You would almost be getting laughs from the audience, unless you got a real indie director to do something incredibly stylised.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

I never think of myself as lumbering, but I guess I am. I forget how huge I am sometimes. I've seen movies where I'm with a group of people, and I'm like, 'God, I'm just so gargantuanly bigger than anyone else there.'

Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death. Listen to them.

Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

Bill Clinton wanted to survive. And Bill Clinton wanted to thrive, not just for himself, although that's primarily what drives Bill Clinton. He's a classic narcissist. So of course he wanted to thrive and succeed. But he also wanted America to thrive and succeed, which is why he worked with a Republican Congress.

My back's not big enough for the number of targets on it.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.

The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.

The gig economy is empowerment. This new business paradigm empowers individuals to better shape their own destiny and leverage their existing assets to their benefit.

The truth is, everything is eating and being eaten.

The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.

People are always in good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

We are doing very well for our country internationally, but when we are in Jamaica, our athletes are not being looked after. We are selling our country and marketing our country to the world and not being paid for it.

All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step.

Information is acquired by being told, whereas knowledge can be acquired by thinking.

A logical picture of facts is a thought.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.