No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I’ve had a crush on him since I was a teenager.

Morgan Freeman is so class. He’s so cool. He’s so scary.

When I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

I’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.

I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I’m in public, at Dollywood. People say, ‚How many wigs do you have?‘ And I say, ‚Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.‘

‚WASP‘ is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so it’s inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not.

If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

I admire people who destroy themselves.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can’t even get into his own Hall of Fame.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

I say to the paparazzi, ‚Fellas, take your shot and go.‘ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.

If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

I’ve got a crush on my backing singer.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

You don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.

I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.

During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half warm enough until Emerson came. I had read his essays, and felt sure that of all men he would best interpret the sayings of these noble mountains and trees. Nor was my faith weakened when I met him in Yosemite.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But… it is better to be good than to be ugly.

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it’s such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it’s therapeutic.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

I just love working with Eminem. He’s just one of my favorite rappers, and his lyrics – he’s a true poet, and I enjoy that about him.

One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

I’m here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, ‚Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we’re also innovators. We’re also inventors. We’re also thoughtful.‘

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he’s terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he’s a terrific actor.

I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and organisational function – that’s important, and fine, and I support it.

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

In hip-hop, there’s not a lot of love. There’s not a lot of love being spread. It’s always like ‚I’m stuntin‘ on you raps, or I’m better than you raps.‘ It’s not a lot of ‚Yo man, I idolize you raps.‘

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.

I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.

I kind of love Cole Miller.

I don’t think I’m supposed to boss other people around just because I’m a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I’ve seen it happen. I don’t call those people out – they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.

When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, ‚God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!‘

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!