To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
There's nothing worse, I guess, than being black in an all-white church or being southern and being a liberal.
The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government.
I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.
The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.
No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.
Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.
The way companies hang on to their marketshare is by being scared.
Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.
The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.