"You don't need vision to be a visionary."

“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”

“The music business is strictly business.”

“It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you.”

“You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.”

“Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.”

“I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a great manager who keeps our coffers topped off, and we give ourselves a sensible wage with a view to having three fallow years between records. We always make sure we have enough money to make a record and not be pressured time-wise.”

Source : Source: www.spin.com

“Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.”

Source : Mark Forsyth (2011). “The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language”, p.214, Icon Books Ltd