Quotes About Clarity

At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.

I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.

You always worry about how the players are seeing it when you're losing games, so you've got to keep your messages very clear in their minds.

We need to separate marketing messages from content. We need to enforce a clear line between 'editorial' and 'advertising.'

That I learned even as a three year-old that I see this world that is really a mess and I learned to say, this is not me. I am not the one that is messed up. It is out there.

If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.

I love the Greeks. There's no messing around - it's all do or die with them.

That's when you start messing up, when you put too much pressure on yourself. Just come into the game clear and just try to play hard.

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

I'm not a guy who plays political games, and I believe absolutely in one method, which is directness.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.

You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don't have to. It's that simple.

A lot of time, we get ourselves in trouble, especially people who have a microphone and start to talk about things we assume.

If the deal is not right, just walk away. You don't have to take it, you don't have to keep going, arguing or trying to find a middle ground. If you're not comfortable with it, just go.

Making sense of a political moment when you're in the midst of it is difficult: even if you avoid commercial and personal conflicts, it can still be hard to see it and understand it.

Being from the Midwest, I would say that I like that East Coast mentality, it's more direct. What you see is what you get.

I knew from day one what I was going into with the Milan job.

You can tell a dumb guy a mile away.

I feel most like myself... after I run - I go out for five miles every morning.

Mitch Miller knew exactly what he wanted me to sing. He didn't want me to improvise at all.

Someone can tell you something a million times, but if you don't know what they're talking about, it's hard to adjust and even more difficult to become a believer.

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.