American Quotes

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.

Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink.

I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I'm glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational.

Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos.

I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided.

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do.

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.

I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires.

I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself.

I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation.

Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.

When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.

Water really does great things for my skin.

Sitcoms are making a comeback, but you've got to have a little quirkiness in there now.

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

Red, electric blue - the only color I don't wear is green, which I still don't wear. I wear certain color greens, but I have such yellow skin so I always like to wear bold colors.

My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.

My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.

If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.

I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because they're shaped differently and I like them to be fitting.

I was married for four years, then success happened.

I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.

I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.

I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.

I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.

I love DKNY. I love her sweaters because I can take them and just wear nothing underneath and just wrap them.