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Quotes by Entertainer


"Most of my peers in television seem to be from a different planet. I don't hang out with any of them."

"I'm not against asking the audience to work, but I think what you have now is a sort of gratuitous deconstruction as a result of a fashion of literary deconstructionism indicating that there are no meanings."

"When you're watching Psycho, there' s that moment when you have a visceral reaction to watching someone being stabbed. And then you have the intellectual revelation that you're not, and that's where the celebration comes in."


"The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now."

"That's history. I say history because it happened in the past."

"Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid."


"I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap."

"Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television."

"One of the greatest gifts you can give isyour undivided attention."

"Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?"


"I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world."

"He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '"


"You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one."

"New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human."

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous."


"I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special."

"Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness."


"I am looking forward to being part of the E! team. This unique opportunity allows my company to take the next step in providing multimedia content."

"Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will."

"My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast."

"The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness."


"So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments."

"I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them."

"It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once."

"Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me."

"All I had to do was go out and perform. One of the hardest things was doing those back flips, where you had to jump up and land on the top rope. It's precision movement."
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"Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring."

"It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark."

"No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization."

"Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him."

"We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond."

"The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year."

"When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes."

"How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation."

"I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that."


"I think I usually have quite ordinary dreams. Sometimes my dreams take me to other dimensions. I can travel in my mind especially when I'm dreaming I focus my mind on what I want to dream. If I want to fly, I focus on flying."

"Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed."

"A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations."

"That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself."

"Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about."

"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."
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