Mario Cuomo Quotes
I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.

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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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These days, many people are unwilling to see their dog as an animal. Let's face it: they are cute, but they will bite. Not only do I look at dogs as animals, I look at myself as an animal, which explains why, since I got my permit, I drive with my head out the window.
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My family traveled a lot. For a while we even lived in a trailer and traveled from campground to campground. If we got to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, it was the highlight of our whole year! But I don't miss having to share a bathroom with seven people or having powdered milk with my cereal. It was so nasty.
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I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me.
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Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.