Nick Quotes

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

What do you do when something you work on defeats you?

Why onions? Because they're cheap, last a long time, can be lit any number of ways and force me to think about what happens when the form turns away from the light.

Advertising is the life blood of the digital economy.

I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.

I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or they're not."

It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.

I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.

I'm being a lot more consistent, trying to make every swing look the same. I'm doing what the situation calls for and trying not to do too much.

It's been like that all spring. It's just that balls decided to hang up there. It's hard to catch it when you can't see it. But that's how it's going to be in Oakland in the afternoon anyway.

I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble across a thought maybe I had about the same subject.

People are writing shorter jokes. The style I've started with was almost trying to keep jokes under 140 characters before Twitter.

I think Elvis Presley will never be solved

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

Joe Bonomo has written a fine book: a book not only about a band or times passed, but also about the rare virtue of endurance.

People think they're gonna make a living off poetry. Ten years ago, maybe a couple of people did. Right now, no one, I don't think.

I don't have a college degree.

For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from.

The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.

Apparently sometimes my humor is dryer than a desert.

It would be awesome to know how to sing and be some sort of performer; to feed off other's people's energy is intense. The feeling they must feel would be cool. Too bad I can't sing.

I have a big personality, and I've been attracted to women with big personalities. I think that is usually going to happen when you have big personalities.

We live in a time where women should feel empowered; they have every right. I've always been attracted to women who show [that they can do anything].

I'm very progressive in a lot of ways, but I'm a very proud American. It sounds so corny to say, but I am and have always been very... I'm just so proud. I don't ever not want to live in America.

Canada is great! I love Canada. A lot of great things in Canada. I would do anything for love. But I want to live in America.

I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.

I'd be dishonoring God if I didn't believe I was put here on Earth to help change the world.

You can be happy in any circumstances, you simply need to believe in God.

I have the blessing of bringing the message of hope and inspiration about my life, how God has changed my life from a life without limbs to a life without limits.

...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah -

Everybody loves winning, but we should not linger on the difference between winning and losing... But Is losing failing?

It is not to say that everything is fine and a positive attitude is all you need. But I share about values and principles and attitudes and I never tell people I understand their pain.

I think bullies are very lonely people. I always tell teenagers not to bully others because it's unacceptable. We need to teach students to value themselves and to not put others down.

I realised that I had a choice to either feel angry about not having arms and legs, or thankful for having my family, friends and my little foot.

The biggest temptation I believe is to feel comfortable, to feel like you've worked through all of that here on Earth, and are satisfied with this life.

Where I can preach I do preach and where I can't I still preach with love but just not the normal words we usually use in church.

I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing.

I feel lucky to be doing TV right now because I get another chance every day.

I'm one of those people that, when I read or get encapsulated by a world, I want to live and breathe and be there.

One of the beautiful things about the idea of living forever is what that does to your soul and how it changes you.

Women are much smarter then men and often are much more political creatures, so they can have the ability to manipulate men, particularly on a boat.

It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives.

Cinema was always taking the big risks, and TV was ambling along behind, just trying to touch the hem.

Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.

I always find myself pulled back into the fantasy genre, and I can't really explain it.

One of the things that turns me on the most is imagining new worlds, just as I did as a kid, when I listened to fairy stories and imagined what they looked like and what those worlds were like.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

If I can find the time to do it, I'll probably become a yoga teacher.

I think it's not just about how you perform on the field, but how you hold yourself off it.

I do a lot of yoga. There's more and more guys getting into yoga these days, and I find that helps me as well.