- Choose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a Jew is an act of the strenuous mind as it stands before the fakeries and lying seductions of the world, saying no and no again as they parade by in all their allure. And to be a writer is to plunge into the parade and become one of the delirious marchers.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama is for same-sex marriage. If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not saying the persona on 'Strictly' isn't me - it's just that the nurturing side, which is also a part of who I am, isn't what I'm there for. I'm there to judge and to give an honest opinion, even if it's not the opinion someone wants to hear.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something political or whatever, then it becomes about that view.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The news is increasingly full of mismatched people saying daft things to one another.
- Carbon Dioxide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're saying Arnold will get 95% of the vote. At least according to his brother, Jeb Schwarzenegger.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet.
- Energy Bill
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that's always amazed me about people who attack me, saying I'm opposed to renewable energy, is I'm pretty sure I'm the only Republican who had an energy bill vetoed by a Republican governor.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to play the President of the United States. I have been told we resemble each other, and it would be a challenge I would be up for. Obama is from the south side of Chitown, and so am I... I'm just saying, but be on the lookout.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black person to hold our president accountable for his actions.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020