Billy Joel Quotes
People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.
Quotes to Explore
-
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
-
Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
-
There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
-
I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
-
The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
-
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
-
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
-
Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.
-
When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
-
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
-
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
-
Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
-
I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
-
I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
-
I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
-
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
-
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
-
I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.
-
You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.
-
I always think that friends and family are off-bounds. I went into politics; they didn't.
-
I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.
-
I hate complaining about paparazzi, I hate complaining about being recognised, because if I ultimately didn't want to be an actor or in the public eye, I would quit doing what I do. That's not the reason I do it, but I love the work so much that it's worth it.
-
People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.
