American Quotes

Reason is the servant of instinct.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character traits, and everything that's going to happen.

Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.

My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.

Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising.

Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.

Well, I want you to know how much I appreciate this. Really.

I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.