3 December 2020 Harry Connick, Jr. It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.
3 December 2020 P. J. O'Rourke Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
3 December 2020 Kenny G What is music anyway? It’s a form of communication, and that’s why I play the kind of music that I think – that I hope – can communicate with people.
3 December 2020 Kevin Costner I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.
3 December 2020 Oliver Joseph Lodge We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.
3 December 2020 Irving Babbitt Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
3 December 2020 James Inhofe I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons.
3 December 2020 Elizabeth Goudge Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.
3 December 2020 Thomas Frank Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.
3 December 2020 Bill Cosby Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
3 December 2020 Richard M. Daley My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That’s what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.
3 December 2020 Tom Lehrer It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
3 December 2020 Jonathan Swift I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
3 December 2020 Lady Gaga I don’t think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.
3 December 2020 David Herbert Lawrence Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
3 December 2020 Tony Kushner As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice.
3 December 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
3 December 2020 Jeff Miller That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.
3 December 2020 Junior Seau As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn’t from school, it was the ‘hood. The influences of the ‘hood are very powerful.
3 December 2020 Sofia Vergara It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can’t complain I’ve been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I’m learning.
3 December 2020 Francois Hollande I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
3 December 2020 Jai Courtney I don’t know if I’m an action star or if that’s just how things are shaping up. I would hate to be boxed into that forever, but it’s probably just a strength as far as my type goes, and I’m fine with that.
