Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule.

Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!

That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more.

I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody.

They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years.

I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.

I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

I grew up at my grandmother's house and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

They've turned this character into a human being.

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.

No matter how fast or how slow you get to the quarterback, it all goes to slow motion when you get there. Everything just stops. You don't see anything but the quarterback. You don't hear anything but the quarterback's breath. It's almost like you're a shark. Your eyes get real big and everything's just quiet.

I'm not great on the florals. I think you've got to wear what you're happy in and that is fun but isn't mutton dressed up as lamb.

I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to this country. It's unsustainable.

I'm very into the first production of the show.

I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

Look after my heart - I've left it with you.

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.

It's in the vein, somewhere in a cross between The Beatles, Cheap Trick, The Stones, Badfinger, you know, but it's not retro at all. But it is very pop.

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.

The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

It's not about changing people; it's sometimes about changing a situation. How can we build an even better situation for them?

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

Friends are God's apology for relations.

Many voters think about the makeup of the Supreme Court when they are choosing a president. The justices deal not only with constitutional issues but also with social issues that were unknown to the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution more than 200 years ago.

I don't go clubing. So, I don't smoke or drink.

The curious thing about the Ready-Made is that I've never been able to arrive at a definition or explanation that fully satisfies me. There's still magic in the idea, so I'd rather keep it that way than try to be exoteric about it.