E. P. Thompson Quotes

I think the open software movement (and Linux in particular) is laudable.

I must say the Linux community is a lot nicer than the Unix community. A negative comment on Unix would warrent death threats. With Linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies.

When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business and endorsed by government and educators alike.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

I only grow hair in places that men like.

I don't even know how to swim!

My kids can't watch ('Howard the Duck'). By the time I get in bed with the duck, they are, like, 'Turn it off, mom. You in bed with a duck is just pretty much a deal breaker.'

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.

It's actually shocking to me how hard it's been to get back into the movie business.

'Caroline In The City' was such an interesting thing, because I'd never been on the set of a sitcom or even auditioned for a sitcom when they gave me that part.

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!

Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.

The whole experience of doing a sitcom is... Telling jokes with such precision is really exciting, but it's also terrifying.

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.

For so long I just let people surmise what they would about my life and my choices, and other people have written books and told tales.

Getting divorced was the right decision for me, but it's not the right decision for everyone else.

I've never been attracted to women sexually and I wanted romance.

It's so important to just be kind to one another because we aren't walking in that other person's shoes.

I think you get one great love in your life like that, if you're lucky enough, where you hold nothing back. And I'm not saying that's the healthiest way to love either.

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

It's a disservice, really, when we put celebrated people on a pedestal and don't allow them to be human. It's a very lonely experience for the individual. It's not a sustainable way to live.

I grew up very conservatively and traditionally. I wanted to save myself for marriage.

When I was with Elvis, I used to remind myself there's Elvis on the marquee and then there's the living, breathing Elvis.

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.

And as such, we need to be empathetic and understanding.

Most people are bad with names. I have learned a trick: Make them laugh and they will never forget you.

I know firsthand what a vote to authorize war means to the lives of American families.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared. Pat Williams When Xavier McDaniel plays against Orlando Wooldridge, it's a coach's dream - X vs O.

Nobody likes being criticised, particularly by players who will be in Disneyland this summer on their holidays rather than the World Cup in Japan

Jonny Evans plays sort of international football with Northern Ireland

Preparing to lose is easy, but losing is hard. Preparing to win is hard, but winning is then easy.

There are more Baptist preachers in Texas than Baptist missionaries in all the world.

I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't.

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.

They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place.

There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

Customer-centricity should be about delivering value for customers that will eventually create value for the company.

If you give customers a chance, they'll communicate with you in many ways

There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back.

I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.

This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things.

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe.