Doe Quotes

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.

If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.

Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?

I have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it’s expensive to boot.

Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity – please observe, a plodding mediocrity – for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.