Ed Lee Quotes

Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena.

I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.

The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.

Science is not about what's true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence.

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America.

I don't really get recognized.

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.

I try not to be neurotic; I try to create and present healthy body image.

[Garry Winogrand] was a bull of a man and the world his china shop.

If you can find a way to confound people's prejudices, restore the humanity of people, individuals, you restore them to life.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991.

One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Mötley Crüe could be the first band to play on the moon.

We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual.

I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

From the time she was born, until she was fifteen, I didn't know where I left off and she began. We were joined at the hip or the heart or the brain.

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.

Love someone too much to help them prevent making a mistake.

when you fall in love, you must fall in love with a man the way he is now, because marriage won't change anything, except maybe your tax deduction.

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.

I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.

Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.

A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.

I represent luxury, and that's what I love.

People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.

No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore.

The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

I look forward to spring cleaning and putting things in their place. It's therapeutic for me.

The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

Life is a series of adjustments; You can make changes along the way, but if you dodn't start moving forward you'll never get anywhere!

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

If I fancy a girl, I'll tell her. I'll say: 'You're fit.

My perfect girl would be pretty mad, but one you can have a conversation with. No one can be too mad for me, the madder the better. I love a crazy chick!

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

The Radiohead record, 'The Bends' is my all-time favorite record on the planet.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.