Michael Dukakis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
-
Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
-
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
-
But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.
-
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
-
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
-
The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
-
I do sometimes strongly hope that in a past life, my most recent life before this, I was absolutely horrible, evil, hideous. Because otherwise - well, hell, to even things up next time around, I'm going to have to pay for this one, am I not?
-
The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.
-
I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.
-
What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching some sort of clarity - even if it is only clarity about the gaps in our knowledge.
-
I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
-
I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.
-
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
-
Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions.
-
Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.
-
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation.
-
The most awful museums are in China. They have magnificent stuff on display and just the worst way of displaying it. They just don't spend money on lighting and installation.
Elliott Erwitt
-
I have an ElliptiGO. It's a standup bicycle. You don't pedal; you stride on it. It allows me to have the same striding motion as running without the impact.
-
Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
-
I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.
-
Yes, I'm proud to be a liberal.
