Robin Williams Quotes
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I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice.
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When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.
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I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
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The things we fear the most have already happened to us.
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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.
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Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.
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Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun.
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Make your life spectacular. I know I did.
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Death - to blink for an exceptionally long period of time.
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What’s wrong with death, sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can’t we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor? Death is not the enemy, gentlemen. If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.
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The world is open for play, everything and everybody is mockable in a wonderful way.
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I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.
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I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
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Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.
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It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.
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When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always thought he was going to last longer. I knew him as being really funny, but at the same time, he had a dark side.
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My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled.
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I’m a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge.
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Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!
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Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.