T.R. Patrick Quotes

No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.

What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses?

The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.

The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

The status quo is working.

God doesn't want your crises-mode promises.

Hope for the best and work for it.

"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House

One great thing about being a black man is that if you put on a hat, you can move around unnoticed.

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to be a Senator until I’m honored.

Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.

dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life.

I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record.

I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.

No one gets a break from their reality.

Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.

If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed.

I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths.

People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.

Nothing else exists when art does.

I don't wear a watch. How do I know my time? I find that someone will always tell me.

Every character when born is a stereotype.

I always like a good math solution to any love problem.

People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it's funny. If it's too dirty or wrong, they won't laugh. But if it's a big, dirty, smart, funny laugh, they love it.

My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

Who's to say where funny stops and 'too far' starts?

Anything can be a musical if it makes sense for it to be a musical.

There's really no way to duplicate how someone gets from the beginning to the end of an idea.

There is nothing better than getting something in front of an audience in a less stressful setting than previews!

Youth is harmed by having wisdom thrust upon it. Youth must gather wisdom slowly, in laughter and tears.

Do you know why the Lord withheld the sense of humor from women? So that we may love you instead of laugh at you.

If you can read this you can read me.

You can do anything in London, as long as you don't do it on the street.

Our best loved friend is always in some way our peer.

I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world.

I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn’t weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.

I would not dream of taking on Tobey Maguire. Plus, he's a talented and nice guy, and I have nothing but nice things to say about him.

I grew up being educated by Sesame Street and gained a sense of humor from The Muppet Show. I'd give my right foot to be able to do a scene or two with the Muppets.

Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.

I’m a nerdy, geeky fan of Labyrinth and Dark Crystal.