Had Quotes

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.

I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if I had written it out.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

I had to steal to survive.

When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people laugh. I was a few years out of college before I felt I had enough material. Then in 1988 I moved to L.A. and started to do some shows at comedy clubs.

I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.

The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be.

As the sun sets, we've all had those nights where you question your choices and where your life is going.

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.