Ed Lee Quotes

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

Where are your pants, son?

The objectives of education and industry are identical. Both are interested in good citizenship, in serving society, in a better life-and both firmly believe in freedom.

Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined.

When we hear our inner voice and follow it, we can walk our own path.

I believe in the goodness of fellow human beings. We have a true desire for greatness and genuine good intention to be helpful to others. That's enough. Change is possible.

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.

[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.]

[Lord Brougham's writings on the bee's cell contain] as striking examples of bad reasoning as are often to be met with in writings related to mathematical subjects.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

I barely got out of high school and I look back at my life often and go, "Wow, this was awesome!"

[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age...

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

I don't know how it is up North, of course, but down South there are times when Southern women feel a need for privacy.

You need to be hyper-aware because it's your survival at stake.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

I always know I can die at any moment.

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Without aspirations for a better existence, you're stuck in the mud and going nowhere.

In London, Man is the most secret animal on earth.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, its only you. To an extent, youre all alone.

We'd like to apologise to the fans, the chairman, the staff and everyone connected to Newcastle

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

I went to college. West Point is technically a college.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now.

Most people who are deemed 'mean' are usually perfectionist who make mediocre people unhappy, cause they put more pressure on them then they can handle.

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

When you don't forgive you permit your enemies to live rent free in your head -evict them today.

He's a nice young lad. I'll keep putting him on ... as long as he doesn't tell me any lies. He's back focused and it's great to see. Let's hope he keeps going on from that.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.