A.G. Howard Quotes

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

Baseball, of all sports, and maybe of all human endeavors, has no room for cynicism.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

Because even when there is no hope, somehow you can still find a place to pin inside the things that you need.

You take what you can get, I reckon. You take what you can get.

This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.

Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.

I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.

Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.

The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.

If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.

If you're a Christian you don't sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing, if they're happy and they're committed in a relationship.

People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.

When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking.

A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.'

If I wasn't a musician... I think I'd just be endlessly traveling.

how often I longed to lovingly administer release! ... to have the courage and the right, after the soul is fled, to stop the poor wretched machine, that exists only to suffer and cause suffering.

A horse to one who loves him is a cure for many ills.

It is a low thing to always want to be understood. Let my innocence take care of itself.

Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to.

You go on Instagram, and it's just not a real reflection of what people do, and how much pain people are in every day. So that's my mental change.

Social media is a performance like any other form of entertainment, and acknowledging that is important.

What I wasn't used to was being in front of the camera.

I'm sure there's a range, but I think everyone can pretend.

What it's done for me is highlight the fact that we need to lean into the cartoon universe of social media.

I have nothing nice to say about Chris Pratt, of course. He's probably the greatest hero of our time in real life, honestly.

You do your best [ on auditions] and sometimes you win 'em over and sometimes you don't.

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

I actually gained 30 pounds [for the episode], and I haven't lost all of it yet so I haven't been like "I gained 30 pounds!" Because I don't know if people can tell the difference.

In the culture we live in, there's this pervasive, shared agreement that there's a certain body type to admire, and it isn't actually based on anything real or substantive.

The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it.

I felt very comfortable on a set - incredibly comfortable on a set, which is a real gift because that can be hugely intimidating.

I definitely hope that I'm improving. If I'm not, there's a problem - I'm just coasting.

The work that we do is so tricky because it rests on our shoulders, but it's also collaborative and part of it is trusting the people that you're working with.

Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder if Meryl Streep is ever like, 'Oh gosh, everyone thinks I'm so perfect! I wish that someone would give me a note.'"

I've always felt really lucky to get to work with really great filmmakers. For me, the whole objective is just to hopefully be of service to what they want.

I think my favourite memory from filming 'Jurassic World' would just be a compilation of me running through the jungle in heels, and just how absurd that really was. That that actually happened.

Your destiny is forged in the fires of your determination

Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy.

It's easy to be an actor at 8 or 9 in the morning, but it's really important to be focused and work hard at 6 and 7 at night, after you've been on the set for 10 or 12 hours. That time counts, too.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.

When I'm anywhere, I'm going to show God that I'm thankful just for life. I'm living out my dream. This is what I want to do.

I'm not a nest-egg person.

I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.

You really can't please people. I know everybody's attention is on what I'm doing on the floor.

I didn't try to cry my way out of Orlando. That was never my intention, or not what I did at all. And I understand everybody thought it was that way because of what was being put out there.