Celebrity Quotes

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.

Santa was a fake.

Don't do anything to anyone, and people will not make trouble for you.

When people start to write articles about what might be wrong with the 'Today' show you know where you should point the finger, point it at me because I have been there the longest. And it's my responsibility.

Times are harder there right now. I think it's been well publicized. We are - the show is not where I want it to be right now. The ratings are not where I want them to be. I want to make it better.

The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.

Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy?

It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are.

Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are.

Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

Well, I - all cases to me have interest. Every case is important to somebody, the people litigating that case. But the most difficult case for me is the case where one person says a, the other person says b, and you just don't know for certain who is not telling you the truth.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

I think most folks are good folks.

I have great faith in the jury system.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

But I do believe this - I believe that fundamentally, society is headed in the right direction or wants to head in the right direction, and I think judges have an obligation to try to help it head there.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

And so they pitched the show to me. It sounded like a good idea. We pitched the show back, and got it sold and got it on the air. And that's kicking the tail.