When I was a kid, all I knew was that I felt more comfortable sitting in one chair than in another. And now I realize it was because one chair was older. I still respond directly to the age of things.
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation.
It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this.
I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.
I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.
As Foreign Minister, I worked to strengthen the cooperation with Israel, and now, as Chancellor, I have more opportunities do this.
In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.
I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.
Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it.
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
The only way I was going to come back to the Disney Channel was if I was in a position of more power.
I really like the short stories that Melissa Bank writes. I think she's sort of channeling the female version of J.D. Salinger in more recent days.
I've spent more than a decade channeling information for and about men. I'm able to come and use this information, with the help of the research, to hand over the keys to the kingdom to women.
I've always been the one who is more enthusiastic about Christmas than my family. I regress to a child state, chanting carols.
Though much about Donald Trump is chaotic and unpredictable, his overall agenda as a businessman and politician is clear and consistent: He wants to make himself more powerful, and he doesn't care how he does it.
