Alexander Masters Quotes
Homelessness–it’s not about not having a home. It’s about something being seriously fucking wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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I had to have shoulder reconstruction.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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I take my work seriously.
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It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Dispatch is the soul of business.
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Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.
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I must confess I've always had a couple of pinball machines in my home and really have enjoyed some of the old classics, like Fireball.
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All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew up in the jungle, the son of missionaries. I want to know, is God real? What's a priest's role?
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I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.
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Homelessness–it’s not about not having a home. It’s about something being seriously fucking wrong.
