A.A. Allen Quotes

The truth in you remains as radiant as a star, as pure as light, as innocent as love itself.

These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur.

The practice. Muscles do not interpret right or wrong just familiarity. Through repetition we begin to make what is unfamiliar our own

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers.

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.

When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.

I personally call one of my fans every month. I answer all of my own fan mail.

What I've come to realize is that emotional intelligence, which I define as buoyancy, was the only way I knew how to lead, and is, in my option, the only way to inspire real change.

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.

Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.

I don't ever really notice when guys are hitting on me. I'm oblivious.

You have to be in love with yourself before anyone else can fall in love with you; to be happy with yourself.

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

There are two kinds of jokes - funny jokes and Jack Benny jokes.

Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you'll end up in the police station.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a man on base with Mantle coming up to the plate.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.

I know a doctor who can give you a shot and you'll get over that cold you've got and get better in a day.

I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.

The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.

No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.

I learned a world from each / one whom I loved

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.

My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.

You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.

Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.

The real America that Whitman proclaimed and Thoreau decoded.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.

While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.

Dogs will eat till they die. Cats will leave food in the dish, incomprehensible to a dog.

If you [want to] change something, come talk to me. It's the easiest solution.

Jill : What causes sibling rivalry? Tim : Having more than one kid!

The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end.

You don't know what people are really like until they're under a lot of stress.

Men often do things for women that they don't want to do, so that women will do things for men that they don't want to do.

Can we take a direct flight back to reality or do we have to change planes in Denver?

A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!