Mo Johnston Quotes

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

Most of the worst things said about me, I've said myself.

My feeling toward the animal is that he is our younger brother, and that we are our brothers keeper.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

Beaten paths are for beaten men.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

You’re not supposed to animate drawings. You’re supposed to animate feelings.

A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.

I believe in God, and I certainly believe in the devil. There's certainly a devil, and he knows my name.

We may be annihilated, but we cannot be conquered.

The sun don't shine in your TV!

I would fight them if they were a million!

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Tonight we water our horses in the Tennessee River.

You have to get up every morning and tell yourself 'I can do this.'

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.

To understand and be understood is to be free.

I never met a girl I didn't meet

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

Listen up and I'll tell a story about an artist growing old. Some would try for fame and glory; others aren't so bold.

There is a devil, and he knows my name.

I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation.

Morale is faith in the man at the top.

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.

The inmates are ghosts whose dreams have been murdered.

maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.

It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Man is completely out of phase with nature. Nature is woman. Man is the intruder. The man who re-attunes himself with nature is the man who de-mans himself or eliminates himself as man.

Bisexuality is not so much a cop-out as a fearful compromise.

For the longest time I was afraid I'd have to keep on working at the factories. There was a steel mill and a pottery; if you didn't go to college, you went to work in those places.

When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician.

I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing.

Love is the question; Love is the answer.

Our football program is bigger than any one person.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

We were having a trial game against Leeds, and Jack Charlton was the boss of Middlesbrough at the time.

It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people and quoted by the foolish.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.

The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.