R- THE DON Quotes

You can't study comedy it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously.

Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports.

I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.

A Charlie Brown Christmas' is a national treasure because it delivers beautifully the central miracle of Christmas: Emmanuel - God With Us. From the wood of the manger to the wood of the cross.

Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.

The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.

In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesn't mean imposing a bunch of rules.

I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.

Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

I am stable when my private life is a success.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.