I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.
TIM ALLENNothing’s as easy as it is on a sitcom. Issues that we take care of in 20 minutes on the show can stretch out over years in real families.
More Tim Allen Quotes
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I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I’ve never gotten over it.
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I’m a very bad student, but a great learner.
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Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they’re going to respect Mom.
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My comedy is not mine. It’s a gift. I’m not that smart.
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All men like to think that they can do it alone, but a real man knows that there no substitute for support , encouragement or a pit crew.
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Being wealthy when no one else is, is like being the only one at the party with a drink.
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I’m one of these guys that just spoils the environment. I like ATVs and snowmobiles. I have a motorcycle up there, and I like cruising through the hills.
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Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.
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Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we’re just the tallest people living here.
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Boys can be disgusting. You can’t leave us alone for any length of time because we will burn something, blow something up or paint something. We’re just obnoxious.
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The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
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They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times.
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I had a very easy time loving an audience. But when it’s one-on-one with somebody, all I wanted to do was run away, because maybe they’re going to want something from me I can’t give, or they’re going to hurt me.
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I have a thing for tools.
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Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we’ve always had: work, or prison.
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