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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know."

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

Every man has his faults; I have and so have you - you will allow me to say so!

I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.