July 1 Birthdays

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

I created an image, I created a brand, I think, out of myself. It is a business and it's fun. It really is who I am. I am not acting any different than I normally would.

When Im not acting, Im writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

The nicest thing I can say about Frances Farmer is that she is unbearable.

The blues are the roots, and everything else are the fruits.

I'm not a ballerina. I'm a hoofer.

Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing.

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and thats very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.

He was like a song she'd heard years back, played again in a quiet room; there was no telling if the song was any good, or if she only remembered it fondly because of the person she'd been long ago, when she heard it first.

Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. Its very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe.

You know whats nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.

And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly what they want, but what they want to accomplish for themselves or their community or their family.

I want to touch peoples lives with my music and my lyrics.

Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.

Im a walking advertisement for PBS and for the Discovery Channel. All of my DVR settings are pretty much set to record anything thats on the Discovery Channel. Im a big fan of MythBusters and Deadliest Catch, and Im constantly watching Moyers & Company and the NewsHour and Antiques Roadshow.

In some areas I am more noted for reading then I am for cookies!

Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.

It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh.

When vultures watching your civilization begin dropping dead, it is time to pause and wonder.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I once served a steak to Janis Joplin at Max's Kansas City. She was quiet and very polite. She didn't eat her steak but left a five dollar tip.

Those smells that remind me of home. I can smell my dad from a mile away. I can smell it whenever he's worn my clothes. He has this ambery smell that just melts into him.