The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'.

I liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there..

Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son..

Those that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others. . . cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness lat….

The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's ….

For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation and tax cuts fo….

I feel like people are not cut and dry, in real life. Some people do cheat, but it doesn't mean that they don't love. Sometimes in movies, it's one o….

We've gotta cut this country down to size and people here need to find out what it's like what we've done to people around the world, and that's not ….

[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It ….

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government..

I'm hunger. I'm thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me.….

Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind….

Ha! to forget. How childish! I feel you in my bones. Your silence screams in my ears. You may nail your mouth shut, you may cut out your tongue, can ….

You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in people's faces. They beat me ….

If you cut taxes on the rich, they'll get so excited and go into so much busy economic activity, that the economy will grow and your tax revenues wil….

Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me..

I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language..

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are….

You do stuff that gets a reaction and you think 'that's a winner' and then it never sees the light of day. But the thing with improvisation is that 9….

As far as what made it on there [The Art of Elegance record], it was tough. It's probably one or two songs too long, but I just couldn't (cut any mor….

I cut my own hair. I got sick of barbers because they talk too much. And too much of their talk was about my hair coming out..