Quotes About Insight

But the last few years had taught me that one of my grandmother's favorite sayings was true. An ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure.

He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.

I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

There's nothing I like more than to have one of our movies run, and then I go to the ladies' room and listen to everybody talk about it. No one has any idea who I am.

I can tell when I meet you, within three minutes, how you were raised. When I met Lady Gaga on the 'American Horror' set... beautifully brought up.

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Meeting the person you are going to be playing is very unique.

If you seek learning, it meets you somewhere down the road.

I'll only pick up my guitar if something is knocking on the door. Once the melodies have sort of been bothering me for a time, then I pick up my guitar and try to find them. But only if they want to be found.

I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.

I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

It's hard to get in the head of somebody. The closest we can get is through the words they've left behind, either their contemporary correspondence or after-the-fact memoirs.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

Men and women are like cats and dogs. I've learned more about myself from women. My comedy is based on this.

Men and women are different, and they can never read each other's mind.

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

I am mentally bifocal.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

Having a mentor gives someone a huge advantage in life.