Al Barry Quotes

The whole purpose of existence is to bring love into existence where it is needed.

If for some reason you are unsure where to go, all you have to do is stand there looking lost, and within seconds a helpful New Yorker will approach to see if you have any "spare" change.

The interceptions and two fumbles? Those just happened at the wrong time.

No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth.

WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man seldom pauses to observe these desires in himself.

The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl.

Mother Nature clearly intended for us to get our food from the "patty" group, which includes hamburgers, fish sticks, and McNuggets- foods that have had all of their organs safely removed.

All love - love of children, love of parents, love of God or life - comes out of making physical love. Without the making of love there is no body to love anything.

You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.

As a man I'd been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.

A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

Creating value is an inherently cooperative process, capturing value is inherently competitive.

I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.

In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will be to drink beer.

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.

For 41 years I have gone with a very natural hair "look" that was originally popularized by coconuts.

European toilet paper is made from the same material that Americans use for roofing, which is why Europeans tend to remain standing throughout soccer matches.

You're either an activist or an inactivist. I want to stop this.

I've never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing

I don't want to live on past records.

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

We would not have to forgive people if we didn't judge them in the first place.

It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going around in circles.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

Some [soccer] players suffer four or five fatal injuries per game. That's how tough they are.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

I can snap your spine like a toothpick.

What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.

A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper.

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.

My greatest work comes in the community.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.

After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.

Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems.

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

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