"Over time I learned that there were a lot of people who would judge you, blame you, and try to make you feel lesser, no matter what you did; that a degree, a good suit, and a career wouldn't always insulate you from scorn."

“I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.”

Source : "Colm Meaney’s Manifest Destiny". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 7, 2012.

“I don't really believe in the auteur theory.”

“Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation.”

“The history of our nation is intertwined with a certain religious tradition, and that the First Amendment was not intended to result in the complete exclusion of religious beliefs from our public classrooms.”

“Faith is lifeless unless you act on it. T.L. Osbourne says: “When the promises of God are believed and acted upon they become the power of God”. We can do all the things we have previously talked about about: desire, decision, prayer, speaking faith, seeing the answer, but if we don’t act our faith it is all to no avail.”

“I think in society we tend to put ourselves in boxes and corners and restrict ourselves, and we constantly feel the need to not say this or not wear this.”

Source : "Exclusive: Aubrey O'Day talks about her 'classy, iconic' Playboy spread" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 10, 2009.

“North Texas is by far the most serious minded jazz program I have encountered.”

“America is a bunch o' bullies. Tell me what the Iraq uniform is like. Don't worry, I'll wait.”