Were Quotes

I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

I realized women and humor were linked very closely.

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.

I felt like my parents were always involved with abstraction, and I wanted to do something very specific.

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.

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

I am a big 'Ellen' fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.