"Decreasing economic growth and increasing inequality leads to increased uncertainty."

“To be able to walk under the branches of a tree that you have planted is really to feel you have arrived with your garden. So far we are on the way: we can now stand beside ours.”

“Cheesecake Factory is great. It should have Michelin stars.”

“I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.”

Source : "John Goodman and Missi Pyle Talk the Artist, Robert Zemeckis’ Flight, Pixar’s Monsters University, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, More". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. November 16, 2011.

“The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.”

“I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.”

“I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.”

“I want to assassinate painting,”

“We know what they say, they want all of Palestine (including Israel) and say that negotiations did not work. They talk about wanting reform. That doesn't mean they will do it.”