Orkanger Quotes & Sayings

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say. — Dave Chappelle

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire. — Clive James

I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something. — Willard Scott

I am something of an aficionado of thrift stores. In my youth, I regularly searched their shelves for old books. — Michael Dirda

The student who would build his knowledge on solid foundations, and proceed by just degrees to the pinnacles of truth, is directed by the great philosopher of France to begin by doubting of his own existence. In like manner, whoever would complete any arduous and intricate enterprise, should, as soon as his imagination can cool after the first blaze of hope, place before his own eyes every possible embarrassment that may retard or defeat him. He should first question the probability of success, and then endeavour to remove the objections that he has raised. — Samuel Johnson

Generosity says a great deal about a person's emotional and spiritual development. When it's hard to give, or it feels like ripping away a part of the self, we are still anchored in our attachments or stories we've created about scarcity. If this applies to you, make friends with the part of you that feels resentful or finds it difficult to give. — Charlotte Kasl

Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence. — Malcolm D. Lee

There was a time when you came forth from infinity, your essence that is. You've always existed, and you'll always exist. But there are different states of mind in the universe. — Frederick Lenz