Jim Quotes

The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place.

We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

I also played in the 1967 Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.

Every comedian is just doing the comedy they find funny. This is me and it's not clean in any way. I could get a lot more work on TV playing clean but it's never interesting.

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

Color is an intense experience on its own.

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance.

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

It's amazing how email has changed our lives. You ever get a handwritten letter in the mail today? 'What the? Has someone been kidnapped?'

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive wrestled with that very question myself.

You can't hire someone else to do your push-ups for you.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.

Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.

I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing.

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.

Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.

The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.

The United States is not a nation based upon race, creed, or religion - we are a nation based upon our loyalty and allegiance to our country and her principles.

You can never find the right bowling ball. This one's too heavy. This one's good but its pink!

I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.

I have seen the Raiders develop into what they are today.

I'm a big proponent of Hawk-Eye. I think it's a wonderful addition, not only for the players, but more importantly for the fans.

Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge.

There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.

I work here at the Raiders. My position is basically what I make it.

If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing.

It's a lot of fun finding a country that nobody knows about. The only thing better is finding a country everybody's bullish on and shorting it.

Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.

I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.

I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true.

Paper money is made of cotton, and I'm long cotton, by the way. One reason I'm long cotton is because Dr. Bernanke is out there running the printing presses as fast as he can.

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Always do more than what you get paid for. It makes you a valuable person.

If you will change everything will change for you. Don’t wait for things to change. Change doesn’t start out there, change starts within....All change starts with you.

You are what you are today because of the choices you made in the past

I don't wear rubbers cause you can't catch it twice.

If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.

The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

Here's what is exciting about sharing ideas with others: If you share a new idea with ten people, they get to hear it once and you get to hear it ten times.

Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to change. Care enough to win.