Says Quotes

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.

Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says.

I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story.

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.

The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.

There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.

No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.

One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a hit.

I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'.

I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here?

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.

The Dominican Republic says 'We're black behind the ears.' And in Mexico, 'there's a black grandma in the closet.' They know, they've just been intermarrying for a long time. But if we did the DNA of everyone in Mexico a whole lot of people would have a whole lot of black in them.

Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really.

When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.