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Quotes by Entertainer

"Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed."

"I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is."

"I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself."

"If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully."

"A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent didn't answer the phone."

"Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one."

"Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar."

"I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others."

"I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date."
Will,

"That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve."

"Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide."

"It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time."

"Not offering this kind of guarantee means that they do not believe in their product enough, and they do not care about if a salesman is over promising or over selling their product."

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'"

"Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery."

"One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution."

"The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine."

"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."


"I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles."

"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm."

"What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship."

"Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian."

"In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a "failed experiment." Any test that yields valid data is a valid test."


"I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women."


"Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside."

"Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility."

"If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss."

"I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there. I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world - that their parents get treated better because they're on TV."

"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."

"You can cut the tension with a cricket stump."

"The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party."

"My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee."

"I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends."

"I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him whenever they appeared together. Imagine being part of a crowd enraptured by the presence of Bill Clinton, and then having to listen to a speech by John Kerry!"

"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."

"If you're poor and you do something stupid, you're nuts. If you're rich and do something stupid, you're eccentric."
Poor,


"Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator."

"There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game."


"By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life."

"The process of receiving information for me is seeing, hearing, and feeling their energy in my frame of reference. That doesn't mean I see the individual, unfortunately."

"If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit."
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