My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.
David Mamet
Recitation: by Male by Female
It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
Matt Groening
TimeParentsListenMoreHardUs
It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed. If 14% of business productivity can be attributed to hope, that means 86% is dependent on raw talent, fickle business cycles, the quality of the product you're selling, and often pure, dumb luck.
Jeffrey Kluger
BusinessHopeQualityTalentLuck
As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built.
John Shimkus
TimeKnowOilUnitedCloseBeen
I delight in what I fear.
Shirley Jackson
FearDelight
Sometimes it's the detours which turn out to be the fruitful ideas.
Roger Penrose
IdeasSometimesTurnOutFruitful
Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.
Mike Yaconelli
SmileFaithHumorBe NiceNiceOK
My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.
Mo Brooks
DysfunctionalSenateViewpoint
It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.
Derek Jacobi
LifeMeDistanceCivilizationHard
I enjoy politics, but if I had a third career - and I've had multiple careers - my third act would be acting.
Donna Brazile
PoliticsEnjoyCareerActingAct
My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.
Donald Hall
AgeDeathOld AgeBalanceProblem
I think the strength of the Catholic church is that when it does finally identify a problem, it works to resolve it.
Donald Wuerl
StrengthThinkChurchProblemWorks
You know, we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President.
Chuck Schumer
GovernmentYouHouseKnowThree
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