R- THE DON Quotes

I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel?

I knew most of the people there who ran the places, a lot of wiseguys. They're all gone now. All good people.

For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving

It's one of those things that if I was smart enough to explain it in words, I wouldn't have had to make a movie "World Of Tomorrow" out of it. It's a love letter to science fiction.

I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop coming, then I'll know that it's time to retire to the Jewish ranch.

I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew even­tually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

I'm still learning. I've never done a digital project before. And I'm pretty sure I did things to the software that weren't supposed to be done.

Golf is not sacred, and there is no use getting so gosh-darned solemn about it.

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.

I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.

In the end, color combinations come down to our personal preferences, which we must discover through observation and experiment.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

You gotta do common things, uncommonly well.

The great ones realize that what you did yesterday guarantees you nothing today. The challenge is too many people are busy celebrating yesterday's success.

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.

It's something families could do together. They can be passed on from father to son, or father to daughter.

I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.

Exaggerated passion combined with enthusiasm has the ingredients to make a prolific artist.

No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts.

Don't look back, you can never look back

That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.

With my voice and my band, I can do anything.

I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion.

It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for it.

But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.

Interruptions are the spice of life.

But I've been surprised over the years. I mean, someone told me the other day that maybe 360 million people have played this game in the world. That's a lot of people.

No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.

Digital wisdom is made of recycled electrons that are meaningful until you pull the plug.

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish.

If dirt were dollars, I wouldn't have to worry anymore.

When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.

I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening and there is tremendous satisfaction in knowing that I could survive almost anywhere if I had to.

She meant it as a compliment.

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening.

Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.

I could have rolled the ball up there against Musial, and he would have pulled out a golf club and hit it out.