If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states’ rights is gone. There’s no support for it in the Supreme Court and there’s no support for it in public opinion. – James Q. Wilson
There aren’t that many things left that haven’t already been done, especially with music. I’m interested in ideas that can shake us all up. – Jack White
I absolutely would not have liked playing in Spain or somewhere like that, so I was just gonna do it a year. Then I was gonna be done. – Jeremy Lin
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. – Josh Billings
Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there’s just no shortcut – you just have to do it. – John Oliver
I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done under similarly precise conditions. – James Randi
I’ve always been salaried; I’ve never owned anything. I’ve done very well, lived very well. – Joan Rivers
Touring has been a major part of my career. I’ve done a lot of huge shows, including a 13-night sell-out stint at the Indoor Arena in Birmingham, playing to a total audience of 65,000. – Jasper Carrott
Art is not boosterism, it’s not propaganda, and it’s not spin, but that’s not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it. – Junot Diaz
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs
Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I’ve ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying. – Ian Mckellen
In Donald Trump, you have a candidate who knows the difference between wanting something done and making it happen. – Ivanka Trump
I’m only an actor. I’m not a writer. I’m not going to leave any legacy. All I’ve ever done is learn the lines and say them. – Ian Mckellen
Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common. – John Howard
I don’t think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we’re all too old to do it. I think we’ve done it a couple times and there is not that much to get out of it, to do that would be fresh in it. – Ivan Reitman
I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they’ve done something that might be considered negative. I don’t think anyone wants to go to the grave negative. – Ice T
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption. – Ian Hacking
I’m not a frustrated concert composer, and the concert pieces I’ve done have been a small part of my work. What I’ve sought there is instruction, variation from the demands of film and relief from its restrictions. – John Williams
I’ve done so many independent movies I’m sure no one will ever see, but I’ve loved the work. – Julianna Margulies
What sort of sap doesn’t know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway? – Julie Burchill