Jim Quotes

When he took BP everybody would kind of stop what they were doing and watch.

A religious fanatic is somebody who knows Jesus Christ better than you do.

I'm working on a new pitch. It's called a strike.

Each child comes to us with a message from God and it is our job to help them deliver that message.

Of all types of birds, birds of prey have always fascinated people.

I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

I mean, I spent 30 years in the world of physical perfection, right? I've known most of the world's most perfect physical specimens over the course of the last 30 years.

You know, we - we start with a mentality that we'll take a sports project if its good. And we're certainly not on the lookout for them, because to be honest we don't have to. They walk in the door.

The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

Public decision-making does not lend itself to certitude.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I have a long-term interest in the humanities.

I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.

I really want to try to explore the characters from angles you've never seen and keep them classic and iconic.

No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show.

I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself.

Alasdair Fraser's Culburnie Records has quietly become one of the best Celtic music labels today.

[Superman and Lois are] kindred spirits, and they always choose to do the right thing.

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.

The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

Journalism is caring where the fire-engines are going.

People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.

Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories.

No two people see things the same way.

There are very few really stark black and white stories.

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

I'm not saying Senator Mitchell's report is entirely wrong. I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear: I have never taken steroids or HGH.

Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12.

I have no reason to lie and every reason not to. If I do lie, I will be prosecuted.

I'm not in the being-annoyed business.

In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties.

If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.