The bodies lay on the ground like damaged goods from a warehouse.

It was as if Japan had fallen victim to a case of collective amnesia.

The bodies lay on the ground like damaged goods from a warehouse.

Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

The United States Supreme Court has voted 6-3 that voter photo ID is constitutional.

I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to feel more free, and so I feel really claustrophobic on behalf of lots of people.

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.

'Red Robin' was just another audition, like a lot of other auditions. I just lucked out, and I got it. It's a great group of people I get to work with. Roger Craig Smith and Will Friedle and a bunch of guys. It's fun!

There has to be a regular performance audit to do a comprehensive analysis to determine how the funds are performing. We can't come to the bargaining table with information that's six years old.

You have two pages, that's the whole credit card agreement. The terms are clear and flat and easy to see so anyone can read them. So you could lay four credit cards in front of you and say, 'Oh, that's the one that has the highest rate, that's the one that has the really scary provision that could hurt me.'

I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.

Roast beef medium is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.

I own over ninety-five different hats and, over the years, have lost or given away 120 hats. You gain to lose... you lose to gain.

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct.

Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

I faced odds when glaucoma took the bat out of my hands. But I didn't give in or feel sorry for myself. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: 'It may be cloudy in my right eye, but the sun is shining very brightly in my left eye.'

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.

I steal scenes, I steal opportunities. I am the ultimate thief. I got sticky fingers, man. They all call me The Thief.

To record an album and stick to one specific style isn't really my thing.

Especially in the Dixie Chicks, everyone wants you to play a role. Natalie was the feisty one. Martie was the nice one 'cause she smiles all the time onstage, and I was the quiet one.

When my mother, sisters and I arrived on the shores of America when I was 8 years old, the boat on which we came, a freighter, passed the Statue of Liberty.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

I gravitated toward stand-up because there's no overhead. I mean, literally, there's no overhead: Often, you're outdoors performing in front of groups of people.