Al Barry Quotes

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.

But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force That Pulls Dogs Toward The Groins Of Strangers.

I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.

The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

Everything is connected to everything else.

There is such solace in the mere sight of water. It clothes us delicately in its blowing salt and scent, gossamer items that medicate the poor soul

Sooner or later, wittingly or unwittingly, we must pay for every intrusion on the natural environment.

Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.

Hardware: where the people in your company's software section will tell you the problem is. Software: where the people in your company's hardware section will tell you the problem is.

Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.

Acknowledgement is the only way to keep love alive.

It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

See God gave us the talent, but the devil make us famous.

There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness.

I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

There's no reward in life without risk.

The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation!

Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information which is how I got a good job in journalism.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

If you have fun when you practice, you may also learn more and perform better

We can do anything we want to as long as we give it everything we've got.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

We are all 99.9 percent genetically equal. It is one one-hundredth of one percent of genetic material that makes the difference between any one of us.

If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.

You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.

Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.