Jim Quotes

If we all had all we wanted to eat, we'd crap too much. We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry.

The harder I worked, the luckier I got.

Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)

We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

I talked about my family, my family's so important.

Please leave the window open.

Why?' is the prophetic question.

Our choice is between cynicism and hope.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

So when the only domestic social policy is tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans, we say, 'Where is faith being put into action here?'

I'm like a bottle of milk with gloves.

The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom

We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

What makes us threaten the things we want most?

View your body as something God has entrusted into your care.

The amount of time we give to something indicates it's importance to us.

When it comes to the heart and soul, only the Bible can bring true and lasting changes.

Even if your company’s financial condition can withstand the inefficiency of quality service, your brand likely won’t.

These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared.

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

Ease off the martyr throttle.

Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.

Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges!

Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.

Serving others prepares you to lead others.

There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm.

In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange.

I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

Death is only frightening from the near side.

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

Manhattan's probably one of the bluest parts in the country, and Indiana's definitely one of the redder states. I have sympathy for both sides.

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

A musician can get lost to what he is in the session busines as it was.

It is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.

I had an incredible experience living in New York, playing for the Yankees, to go through all of the things I did, including the no-hitter. It was a very memorable time.

I find it more comfortable to say I'm an atheist, and for that I probably have someone like Dawkins to thank.

We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.

As nice as the Apple iPhone is, it poses a real challenge to its users. Try typing a web key on a touchscreen on an Apple iPhone, that's a real challenge. You cannot see what you type.

I refuse to confirm or deny anything about any deal to purchase an American NHL franchise and move it to Canada until I've completed all of the paperwork and the deal is closed.