Harry Shearer Quotes
When Nixon died, on my radio show I started doing sketches with three basic conceits: One, there's a place called Heaven. Two, Nixon got in. And three, he's still taping.
Quotes to Explore
-
Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here.
-
I don't think what I look like is relevant.
-
The coolest part about 'God Made Girls' is you had all these different women writing it, so you had all these different perspectives in this song.
-
Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
-
There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
-
I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
-
Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.
-
It's nice to have boundaries, because as long as we have them, we can cross them a bit, and that's what perks interest. If you have full freedom, what do you do?
-
The disenfranchised should be going to art school - not the franchised.
-
The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
-
We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war.
-
In the 1920s, a generation before the coming of solid-state electronics, one could look at the circuits and see how the electron stream flowed. Radios had valves, as though electricity were a fluid to be diverted by plumbing. With the click of the knob came a significant hiss and hum, just at the edge of audibility.
-
Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.
-
February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year.
-
I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.
-
There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.
-
Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.
-
Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food?
-
I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.
-
Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.
-
Every relationship I've been in, I've overwhelmed the girl. They just can't handle all the love.
-
“Distressed sighs!” Robert protested. “Not once did I stoop to distressed sighs! I might have emitted a manly huff of oppression.
-
One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.
-
When Nixon died, on my radio show I started doing sketches with three basic conceits: One, there's a place called Heaven. Two, Nixon got in. And three, he's still taping.
