All Quotes

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.
‐‐ Harry Shearer

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.
‐‐ Blaise Pascal

The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a great $30 massage as opposed to a bad $265 massage.
‐‐ Josh Brolin

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two can help us thread a path between having all our secrets trivially discoverable and preserving nothing for our later selves for fear of that discovery.
‐‐ Jonathan Zittrain

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.
‐‐ Leonard Cohen

The last remaining thing that must be communicated to the next generation is an aging figure that still continues to change.
‐‐ Hideo Kojima

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
‐‐ Victor Hugo

The last reunion was a bit of a rushed job, we had to do a gig and documentary.
‐‐ Brian Harvey

The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
‐‐ Bartlett Sher

The last season of 'Rescue Me' is going to be very sort of half and half: it's how you think 'Rescue Me' would end versus something very outside the box. And, they do it in this sort of perfect way - it's only nine episodes, you know. Very stream-lined.
‐‐ Callie Thorne

'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
‐‐ Rachel Tucker

The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was... good.
‐‐ Ron Wood

The last six months of the Bush administration lost four million jobs and the first six months of the Obama administration lost another four million before any initiatives of the president could take action.
‐‐ Valerie Jarrett

'The Last Starfighter' was the first movie I did in the U.S. It was an absolute joy to be a part of it. 'Night of the Comet' was a labor of love. Truly a collaborative effort. I am eternally grateful for the experiences.
‐‐ Catherine Mary Stewart

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina.
‐‐ Constance Baker Motley

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
‐‐ T. S. Eliot

The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character.
‐‐ Romola Garai

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.
‐‐ Joseph Conrad

The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in style, what's current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.
‐‐ Robert Pinsky

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.
‐‐ Philippe Perrin

The last thing businessmen want to do is sit in a room filled with other businessmen. A room full of money is a pretty boring sight - unless it's yours, of course.
‐‐ Graydon Carter

The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.
‐‐ Suze Orman

The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.
‐‐ Phyllis Diller

The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.
‐‐ Jessica Williams

The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.
‐‐ Ron Santo

The last thing I ever wanted to get involved with is Hollywood. The way it works is that people get an idea you could possibly do something, but there's a one-in-a-hundred chance that it could get made.
‐‐ Nick Cave

The last thing I saw Gabrielle Giffords do on the floor of the House of Representatives was to line up like the rest of us and read a part of the Constitution. And unbeknownst to her, when she got to the well, her part was the First Amendment.
‐‐ Trent Franks

The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk. It was New Year's Eve. And that was about 28 years ago.
‐‐ Ronald Biggs

The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.
‐‐ James Packer

The last thing I wanna do is sit home and watch television.
‐‐ Leo Fitzpatrick

The last thing I want is for people to go through the motions in life. We're all meant to do different things, but there's a lot of opportunity for us to do some great things.
‐‐ Apolo Ohno

The last thing I want is for people to say that the music is nice. It's not nice. It sounds good, but it's got grit, and it's got edge. It never veers into sweet.
‐‐ Lukas Forchhammer

The last thing I want is to die and then be put into the Hall of Fame. It's not because I won't be there to enjoy it, exactly. It's because I want to enjoy it with family and friends and fans. I want to see them enjoy it.
‐‐ Ron Santo

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.
‐‐ Alicia Keys

The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
‐‐ Dan Wheldon

The last thing I want my robot to be is sarcastic. I want them to be pragmatic and reliable - just like my dishwasher.
‐‐ Sebastian Thrun

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be.
‐‐ Isaac Mizrahi

The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do, and I know every job comes with a downside. But boy, this one's a doozy...You pull out of your driveway, and the paparazzi literally chase you, running red lights - I'm a really careful driver, especially with my kids in the car, but I worry they're going to cause an accident.
‐‐ Jennifer Garner

The last thing I want to do is get togged up, go out and be polite.
‐‐ Greg Wise

The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
‐‐ Leon Panetta

The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.
‐‐ Armando Iannucci

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
‐‐ Lyndon B. Johnson

The last thing I wanted was a big paycheck but no inspiration or support.
‐‐ Vonda Shepard

The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
‐‐ Gareth Gates

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well.
‐‐ Colin Firth

The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.
‐‐ Kenneth Lay

The last thing I would want to do is to create the impression that sectarianism came from only one side of the community.
‐‐ Mary McAleese

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.
‐‐ Gale Gordon

The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They would probably rather die. But they let me be who I was, and they supported me.
‐‐ Emma Stone