I knew I always wanted to sing.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it.

I never knew that I'd still be doing this so many years later.

We're entertainers, not just singers!

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you going to do a sequel to 'The Guest' or 'You're Next?' - those movies weren't financially viable, so even though there are a lot of fans of it, it'd be a pretty small market we'd be appealing to. It's got to be a big hit for you to really justify that.

While reading 'David Copperfield' in the middle of the night - probably because of the light, I had insomnia for the first time - I looked out of the window and thought, 'If this is what books can do, this is what I want to do.'

Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.

You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre can do.

Despair is the greatest of our errors.

You keep learning all the time.

Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.

Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence.

Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.

As a camel beareth labour and heat and hunger and thirst through deserts of sand and fainteth not so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.

One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.

For the first time the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms even our cultural ideal.

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost miraculous in that.

I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat?

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.