There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

I’ve been a scoundrel in my life. I’ve been selfish. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second...

I’d been round the world a hundred times and had started to forget where I’d been. I knew I’d been there: it said it on the tour map. I could remember the name of the...

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, ‘When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?’ I’ve heard that many, many times: that people got...

I’ve been so lucky to have done two spacewalks. If you looked at your wristwatch, I was outside about 15 hours, which is about 10 times around the world. And, you know, there’s a whole...

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I’d like to think I did that.

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don’t want to distract myself from anything.

I won’t go anywhere near the new Times Square. It’s seizure-inducing.

All the times I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of a show that’s actually gotten on the air, it’s always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.

It wasn’t all frustration. I’ve had a lot of good times with Ferrari as well.

I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than...

A lot of times, we’re just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it’s not so good.

The way the vocal folds work is that they can get inflamed and in pain, but actual tears in the folds are somewhat rare. I’ve never torn anything. Been too strained plenty of times.

I think in any father-son relationship, there’s going to be times you say, ‘Well, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.’

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you...

I’m afraid Eddie the Eagle was before my time. All I know is that his glasses were three times thicker than mine, but I can jump three times further than he did.

So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before.

Think of any news site on the web that sells subscriptions; AOL has four times as many people as the largest subscription service. We have people who pay to use our products and services, and...

The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis – often despite the advice they were getting.

The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat – a different one at different times of the day. I think I’m more a part of their ritual.

Anything that Aaron Sorkin writes, I could watch a million times. One of the few shows that I’ve watched in repeats was ‘The West Wing.’

There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn’t get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to...

People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It’s therapy.

I am in control at all times.

She’s been married so many times she has rice marks on her face.

I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in...

I talk to Oprah several times a week, and I see the side of Oprah that’s having the time of her life. What she’s getting to do with OWN is build a team to create...

I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week – we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I’m on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in...

There have been countless times where I’ve worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work.

My mother brought me numerous times to visit Orton as a child, and I have visited the gardens with my children many times. Orton is a gem on the Cape Fear River and I am...

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there’s not enough time in the day to do everything.

As an actor, you’re lucky if you get a month before a project starts. There are times when you get a day before a project starts. So to be able to really sit and inhabit...

My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I’ve had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden – where I met my wife of 55 years,...

The ‘transition’ involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer...

Remember the days when you let your child have some chocolate if he finished his cereal? Now, chocolate is one of the cereals.

Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the...

It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.

The first information I consume in the morning is probably ‘The New York Times’ and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories...

There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like ‘Down to the Bone,’ you have the opportunity to be of service.

At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in ‘Vogue’ magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read ‘The New York Times.’ I had to make my own world within my world because...

One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I...

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song… somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

I think people have all faced decisions at times where you never know.

You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.

At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching – that way, you pick up new ideas.

I’m not terribly technological. I’m awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but...

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It’s wonderful, isn’t it?