He who walks in the middle of the roads gets hit from both sides.

He who walks in the middle of the roads gets hit from both sides.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.

For me, the keyboard is always an additional sound to the piano. Piano is the main instrument; I can't go anywhere without acoustic piano. It's been my best friend since I was 6 years old.

I don't really like to go out that much. But when I do, I go to the movies, just hang out with friends. I go on Skype and iChat and just chill.

Some people say to me, 'You don't sound very Irish.' It's because I have this tendency to iron out my accent: not because I'm ashamed of it but because it makes my life easier if I don't keep having to repeat myself.

There is an awful lot of pressure on me.

We have deepened mutual understanding, strengthened political mutual trust, carried out fruitful cooperation in sectors such as economy, culture, education and sanitation and closely coordinated on the international arena.

I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

Digital clocks took the space out of time.

Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined.

Little pitchers have big ears

My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you know, with small talk in English.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Other than my sexuality, I am vulnerable regarding my physical appearance, as I am not what people considered ideal by most standards. For the entertainment business, I am not the body type of what is typically cast for television or movies.

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship.

Boyhood is a most complex and incomprehensible thing. Even when one has been through it one does not understand what it was. A man can never quite understand a boy even when he has been the boy.

Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue.

The chaos in our world may have brought you close to despair, but if you are willing to look at reasons for hope, perhaps you are ready for the 'Aquarian Conspiracy.'

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

The extraordinary thing about Irving Berlin is that he's like the American Mozart! It seems as if his songs were always there. How do you put together songs like 'Always' or 'Cheek To Cheek'? Songs of his are, frankly, perfect.

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.

Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

I think I'm one of life's copers. And picking myself up and dusting myself off and starting all over again is one of my mottoes, actually.

I was the bad kid in school. I was usually in trouble.

All of us admire people we don't like and like people we don't admire.