J.R. Stewart Quotes

Nobody out-rednecks the great state of America.

In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them.

The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.

I just think the game of golf teaches you so much about yourself like who you really are and what you're made of.

What are you so mad about? That we still have a government? We still have “traffic lights.” We’re sorry. The government’s not perfect, but some people wish it was better, not gone.

I'm very much to blame for not seeing it before, but who on earth goes about suspecting an impossible outlandish thing like murder? That's something that happens in books, not among people you know.

I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than [with] the media.

Curiosity about the world and questioning of the status quo to open minds to alternative visions of the future are essential leadership skills. And they can be learned.

The sense of smell is the hair-trigger of memory.

I don't trust any country that looks around a continent and says, "Hey, I'll take the frozen part."

The worst thing you can do, despite the innumerable obstacles we confront, is to not try.

I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.

In the new organisation, power flows from expertise, not position.

The principles that apply to engagement for employees are the same as those that apply to supervisors.

The act of envisioning is mainly useful as a means for identifying what matters most to you now.

Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.

Death is much simpler than birth; it is merely a continuation. Birth is the mystery, not death.

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.

I think the main thing that has to end is men's defensiveness.

There's nothing stronger than a woman protecting her child

I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops but as private citizens.

The thing you are ripening toward is the fruit of your life. It will make you bright inside, no matter what you are outside. It is a shining thing.

The election moment is merely the American public saying, "We'd rather you be President than that guy." That's it.

We have standards. Anybody with the kind of journalism experience and professionalism that you have displayed over these years can not work for my program.

I would think black people think everything is about race. They are the ones who are on the outside of the game. They are the ones who face it every day.

I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.

The Republicans are calling the Democrats' plan to have a deadline for US troop withdrawal from Iraq an 'admission of failure', as opposed to the Republican plan which is 'failure without admission'.

I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.

Don't you dare besmirch the name of Congress. They are patriotic Americans trying to dress and feed themselves.

I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

I'm really glad I'm not on Twitter. Because I'd have to be answering things that I didn't really know anything about, and I'd rather just wait for the dust to settle and then say something.

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client, they're going to defend people.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

It is within everyone's grasp to be a CEO.

The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

The voice of a person thinking, discovering, revising, is ever-present without any loss in grace or ease.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

I want to go to college for literature. I want to be a writer. I mean, I love what I do, but its not all I want to do-be a professional liar for the rest of my life.

I can't wait to be a mom, but I can wait.

If I could read any person's mind, it would be my cat's.

Child: Why on this night do we eat Hot Fudge Sundaes? Adult: To remind us that being Jewish is like having your birthday every day!! Plus they're delicious!

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

I love Champagne and I love to drink it out of any kind of beautiful glass.

I can only play characters that I feel like are real people and in a complete way and in such a whole way that if I fake any aspect of it I will have failed them and literally they're slaughtered.

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

We are as gods and might as well get good at it.

I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went.

It’s hard to imagine the revenue from selling the prints will cover the cost of lost goodwill.