R. J. Reynolds Quotes

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out of my cold dead hands.

It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.

The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.

I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists.

The IRA have nowhere to go. I've stripped away all their excuses, one by one.

I am convinced that nobody should be afraid of peace.

What Ireland needs now above all else is peace.

The reality is we all have to work together to make it work. We're going to be congenial with everyone. We're not telling people to park on the street.

Just after Kim Jong Il's death, the official news agency put out an article saying that under Kim Jong Il's rule, the people had been like naive children without a care in the world.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.

I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.

If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.

Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

Goldie [Hawn] is one of the sharpest ladies I've ever worked with. She doesn't miss a thing. She's my greatest audience. She laughs at all my stories and in the right places, too.

Smokey and the Bandit was the first picture [Hal Needham ] directed, and I knew he could handle it. I had just directed Gator, and he saw my style and used that as a pattern.

I absolutely loved my stint on Broadway in Hairspray.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the confederacy.

I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.

I like the responsive, quick feeling I get out of the Proton, and I am excited to have this board as my model.

I began as a true beginner, not knowing how to dance or perform. I just entered a local contest in town as a joke, because if you entered you got a free blouse and scarf.

I loved Frank [O'Connor], he was wonderful...just don't get on his bad side. I don't think I would have wanted to marry him, but I probably should have since I married idiots anyway.

I think men like the boobie shows. Vegas will always be Vegas.

I have over 5000 costumes, and the furniture and memorabilia that goes with them.

No one has ever put anything into my suitcase.

Traveling is really exhausting. That will force me into retirement.

I'm not a cook and I always stick everything in the freezer and then I leave things out, saying 'if it's good today it will be good tomorrow.'

[Marilyn Monroe] was a bit temperamental, a little diva-like, but she didn't deserve what she got.

Marilyn [Monroe] was really mistreated.

My favorite [costume in collection] is the white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in the subway breeze scene in 'The Seven Year Itch.'

For 'Singin' in the Rain,' I bought most of the costumes - the 'Fit as a Fiddle' costumes and the 'Make Them Laugh' Donald O'Connor outfits and the 'Good Morning, Good Morning' clothes we danced in.

I always found that kind of hard, and even though Gene Kelly was also a taskmaster, Bobby [Fosse] was tougher.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

[Las Vegas in the early 1960] was thrilling, exciting... I would describe it as very Parisian.

I have the largest private collection in the world [of Hollywood memorabilia].

[Bob Fosse] was a temperamental fellow - it was his way or the highway.

Near the end, she [Marilyn Monroe] was badly treated by Fox Studios, during the 'Let's Make Love' film shoot in 1960, they threw her off the set because she had a cold.

Bobby [Fosse] was very difficult to work with, he wanted to be a big star at MGM, but it was the end of making musical movies at the time.

I'm a big believer that Marilyn Monroe was killed.

The heads of the studios, like Louis B. Mayer, didn't want to create any more musical stars. So Bobby [Fosse] left and went to New York City to be a choreographer, and created brilliant work.

Joe DiMaggio was quite mean to Marilyn Monroe when they were married. But after she died, he did tend to her grave, which made up for it.

It is very rewarding to walk out on stage, feeling the love and reception.

Vegas will always be Vegas.

You probably only know what you've read [about Marilyn Monroe].You didn't know her. The people who talk about her didn't know her either.

It's fun to get back to acting.

The mind that too frequently forgives bad actions will at last forget good ones.