A.A. Allen Quotes

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

I don't think there's anything divisive about me.

As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.

I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.

Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.

I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well.

I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir.

The moment you try to institutionalize art, it ceases to be art.

The call to write does not respect background or experience.

Literary theories will not make a writer write.

Memory is dramatic present tense. You create it as you remember it.

As I go about I see a lot of "coffin" men. They have room for themselves and nobody else.

I am one who believes that with God nothing is hopeless - that all things are possible through prayer.

Some people's measure of success is how much they can grab hold of and hold on to.

Contentment gives peace and joy in our minds and hearts, which is the reward of living God's way.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack in 'Titanic' was my childhood crush!

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control.

Help! I'm being held prisoner by my heredity and environment.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

Hollywood is a great place if you're an orange.

I'm going to Boston to see my doctor. He's a very sick man.

She used to be a teacher but she has no class now.

It was once rumored that fledgling executives walked around their offices backwards so they wouldn't have to face an issue.

Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs.

A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal.

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.

We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.

If you hate your job, don't worry, you won't have it for long.

Persevere and get it done.

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the United States Senate to take action when action was most needed.

It's a game everybody plays. If you see a man with a beard and holler "Beaver!" it's five points. And if you see a man with a moustache, it's onlI three points.

Personally, I never admired communists because they operate on the theory that human beings are nice people.

When the correct technique feels wrong, different and confusing there is change and grow

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person.

We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism.

The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, 'The Exorcist.' It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.

I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.

The stage calls my name.

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them.

People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.

I'm really convinced I'm not talented at all, and I'm sure that people are just about to figure that out.

When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.

As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.

It's a little-known linguistic curiosity that the name Jehovah or Jaweh is the same name as Eve; Havva, the counterpart name in Farsi, the language spoken by the Persians, means either Jaweh or Eve.

Style doesn't have seasons.

Wealth is thoughts, not things.

Your network is your net worth. How do you value your network? Well, if you don't value it, cultivate it, nurture it, it becomes worthless. If you do value it, it becomes priceless.

We want Paul's theology and his results but not his methods.