Matt Lauer Quotes

I'm glad to know that I can host the 'Today' show for 16 years and not be a trending topic. And all the sudden I'm on 'Royal Pains,' and I'm a trending topic. There's something a little strange about that.

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• Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Good
  • Famous
  • Restaurants

• I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Writing
  • Way
  • Like

• My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.

  

  Carlos Mesa
  • Today
  • Government
  • Challenge

• I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.

  

  Ed Speleers
  • Time
  • Long
  • Family

• But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Me
  • Now
  • Blonde

• Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.

  

  Candace Parker
  • Work
  • Done
  • Today

• Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Success
  • Happiness
  • Common

• In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Day
  • Best
  • Three

• Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.

  

  Gary Burton
  • People
  • Time
  • Listening

• I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Good
  • Me
  • Present

• I look forward to working alongside Univision's exceptional team as we work to further realize the substantial growth potential of this dynamic organization.

  

  Randy Falco
  • Work
  • Team
  • Growth

• The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Live
  • Experience
  • Myself

• Frankly, I don't understand the monthly magazines that continue to publish news that is two months old and which has already been reported on ad nauseam online, including on their own websites.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Understand
  • Old
  • News

• As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Writing
  • House
  • Beautiful

• There have been a few friends who have taught me some great lessons in life. I wouldn't like to name them. They did things that I never expected out of them that left me heart-broken. It was during these rough patches in life that they left me alone. I know now that it was only my position that they were interested in.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Life
  • Great
  • Heart

• I love to smoke things; there's usually something always in the pot outside. That smell of something in the smoker just reminds me of home.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Love
  • Home
  • Me

• Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Education
  • Forgotten
  • Been

• I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.

  

  Irving Penn
  • Long
  • Look
  • I Can

• Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • School
  • Career
  • Past

• I was absolutely convinced that I wouldn't win the Nobel Prize. My impression was that the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to people more or less affiliated with, let's say, socialist ideas, and that was not my case.

  

  Mario Vargas Llosa
  • People
  • Literature

• There is nothing like walking on the streets on a freezing cold day and hearing fans scream your name, then stopping to talk to those same fans. There is nothing like looking into the crowd at the Q and seeing over 20,000 people wearing wigs to match your hair. Those are feelings I will cherish for the rest of my life and never forget.

  

  Anderson Varejao
  • People
  • Life
  • Rest

• The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • American
  • Today
  • Tough

• Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

  

  Neale Donald Walsch
  • Today
  • Dream

• I'm glad to know that I can host the 'Today' show for 16 years and not be a trending topic. And all the sudden I'm on 'Royal Pains,' and I'm a trending topic. There's something a little strange about that.

  

  Matt Lauer
  • Today