Al Gallagher Quotes

We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

If you are sure that you are about to fail, then this strange and serene calmness can come over you or the most abject fear and panic and feeling of helplessness.

You and I are gonna live forever...

I'm into the girls fancying me and stuff, mad for it.

The idea of sitting at home, not making music, just makes me want to throw up.

That's what you join a band for, is to make music. Not to sit around and have five years off. We're not getting any younger.

I'm equal part genius, equal part buffoon.

I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce.

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.

I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it.

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records.

To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.

Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.

Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up.

Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me.

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

Around 5th and 6th grade I thought Dean Martin was the coolest guy in the world; he was a great singer, had his own television show and acted in movies.

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song.

I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.

To stay on the map, you've got to keep showing up.

Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums.

I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.

If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah...fair enough...gotta go home now.'

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

I have an assistant in Vancouver to help me with my life.

When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?

Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years.

I am just an ordinary Catholic.

College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.

What you think determines your outlook on life. What you do determines your destiny.

I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.

No one teaches mindfulness better than Thich Nhat Hanh.

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.

Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.