Jack Nicklaus Quotes
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
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My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service.
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I want to see my grandchildren grow up. I want to be there for my friends. I want to be able to love the person in my life. I want to work. I want to do something I've never done, which is save money. I've never bought anything. I have nothing.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.
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Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960's. He came to my hometown Columbus, Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
