Any Quotes

I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.

I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.

I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.