Quotes by Me My hope is that we would begin to have a dialogue in this country about the importance of civility. We can have strong differences, but it does seem to me that most of the country believes it's gone to critical mass in what I would call the professional class across the political spectrum - left and right. Tom Brokaw me political strong hope My mother and father, with my newborn brother and me in the backseat of the 1938 Ford sedan that would be our family car for the next decade, moved to that hastily constructed Army ammunition depot called Igloo, on the alkaline and sagebrush landscape of far southwestern South Dakota. I was three years old. Tom Brokaw me car family mother You need to think outside the box. You need to think differently if you want to sustain what, for me, is my peak performance: the very best that I can achieve as an athlete every day. Tom Brady best day me you You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around. Tom Brady me you humor football You never get over losses. I've never gotten over one loss I've had in my career. They always stick with me. Tom Brady never me you loss It bothers me when people say 'shock comic' or 'gross-out' because that was only one type of comedy I did. There was prank comedy. Man-on-the-street-reaction comedy. Visually surreal comedy. But you do something shocking, and that becomes your label. Tom Green me you comedy people When I'm 65 and still performing every week, I'd like people to say, 'You know, when that guy was a kid, he made these weird, crazy videos?' And they'll have to go look for them - rather than it being the first thing they know about me. Tom Green me you crazy people I do sometimes find it interesting when I look at a lot of the pranks that are out there, and I see kids doing the exact things that I did in the '90s. Like, I would go out on the street on crutches and fall down, and people would help me. Or I would paint my parents' house plaid; I've seen that replicated. Tom Green parents look me people Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies. Tom Guiry grow movies me son That's what's great about baseball: some people are exceptional at the game, but still, even people that aren't very athletic, like me - I played Little League! It's one of those games in sports where even if you're not the greatest, you can still play. Tom Guiry me you sports people My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful for the opportunities this country provided. They raised my siblings and me to want to make a difference and give back. They taught us to work hard and aim high, but to also make sure the ladder was down to help others climb up. Tom Perez parents me grateful work I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house. Tom Osborne good me house time To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about. Tom Wolfe great me adventure love We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history. Tom Wolfe decade great me history I used to enjoy using dots where they would be least expected, not at the end of a sentence but in the middle, creating the effect... of a skipped beat. It seemed to me the mind reacted - first!... in dots, dashes, and exclamation points, then rationalized, drew up a brief, with periods. Tom Wolfe end me enjoy mind Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite demanding because if it is not your mother tongue, you are missing some connotations and some emotional depth of certain things. Tom Wlaschiha me you mother school For me, the fall of the Wall came at the exact right time because, I mean, I was 17, basically I hadn't missed anything, unlike the generation of my parents, who were deprived of a lot of things. They couldn't travel, and they couldn't really get ahead in their professional careers. So for me, it was perfect timing. Tom Wlaschiha parents me time travel If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?' more often. Tom Wilson more me said time I couldn't fart in an elevator without people wanting to sue me. Tommy Morrison without me fart people Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die. Tommy Morrison looking die up me «1112131415161718192021»
