I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dicti...
RON RASH A small profit it better than a big loss
RON RASH But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need...
RON RASH I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I'...
RON RASH Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.
RON RASH I've always been haunted that he might have been.
RON RASH Then one morning she’d begun to feel her sorrow easing, like something jagged that had cut into he...
RON RASH It's a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start
RON RASH Sometimes I know what my characters are moving away from or toward; more often I just wait and see. ...
RON RASH I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up on...
RON RASH We want what's in this world but we also want what ain't.
RON RASH It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then c...
RON RASH Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better
RON RASH You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.
RON RASH I listened to time clicking like hooves on pavement. But time isn't something you can rein in. It mo...
RON RASH We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess th...
RON RASH What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather st...
RON RASH She realized that being starved for words was the same as being starved for food, because both left ...
RON RASH Not for the first time, it occurred to me that sorrow could be purified into song the same way a pie...
RON RASH On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, str...
RON RASH A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world
RON RASH Spend a long time alone, especially if you're someone who's never been that social to begin with, an...
RON RASH Nothing is but what is now
RON RASH Pemberton felt something shift inside him, something small but definite, the way a knob's slight twi...
RON RASH One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children
RON RASH It struck her how eating was a comfort during a hard time because it reminded you that there had bee...
RON RASH I can't wait to meet Steven Spielberg or Al Pacino again so I can say, 'I have to tell you h...
JIM RASH I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the &#...
JIM RASH I think the networks, in general, have to evaluate what's happening around them. I'm sure th...
JIM RASH With Saturday morning cartoons, you've got to start at 6 A.M., right?
JIM RASH Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit...
JIM RASH On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are,...
JIM RASH When you're talking about people like Shonda Rhimes, Vince Gilligan or Beau Willimon, you're...
JIM RASH In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind.
JIM RASH I think there's a fear of disconnect sometimes; communication is a huge issue for all of us, fro...
JIM RASH 'Dexter,' while the pilot shares moments with the novel that created the character of Dexter...
JIM RASH I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.
JIM RASH If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail messag...
JIM RASH Working out has always been a stress reliever for me. I don't know if it's so much vanity as...
JIM RASH he said. ''It's significantly more difficult to make a sitcom that has broad sociological touch poin...
JOHN RASH As CBS recently proved with the live streaming of the NCAA tournament, content is the once and forev...
JOHN RASH Advertisers and the networks are aware of the accelerating pace of change, and that in order to rema...
JOHN RASH Nature and TV abhor a vacuum and one was quickly created with the merger that spawned the CW.
JOHN RASH 'A Prairie Home Companion' has proudly had its roots in St. Paul since the inception of the show. Th...
JOHN RASH Comedic locations are often within families or within the manufactured families of a group of friend...
JOHN RASH NBC and advertisers would ideally like to have maximum momentum moving into the Olympics in order to...
JOHN RASH Most marketers will stick with Sinclair long-term as long as it serves their advertising purpose, .....
JOHN RASH Advertisers are usually strictly non-partisan and believe in the big tent policy, if not in politics...
JOHN RASH A sketch is just a mini movie.
JIM RASH There are writers' rooms that will write episodes all together, who will break into little group...
JIM RASH With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a ...
JIM RASH We are getting our butts kicked right now doing chocolate-covered strawberries. They are flying out ...
KIM RASH I feel like my experience on 'Community' was that I saw just how important that first year i...
JIM RASH Why is a selfie called a selfie? Coz it's a selfie.
RASH RS Where there's a way, there's a way back.
RASH RS The most important innovation for 'Desperate Housewives' wasn't its being a prime-time soap opera, ....
JOHN RASH When you drink, why do you pee more than you drink?
RASH RS Live in the present, what choice do you have?
RASH RS On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.
JIM RASH One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thou...
JIM RASH Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, 'Jim Rash' just screams 'Southern b...
JIM RASH I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.
JIM RASH Writing sketches, you're also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to...
JIM RASH For young boys, just to know you exist in any capacity is a strong feeling.
JIM RASH I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in g...
JIM RASH One of my top priorities will be to defund Planned Parenthood.
RON ESTES People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I wo...
RON WHITE My biggest regret could be summed up in one word, and that's procrastination.
RON COOPER I'd rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
RON WHITE The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant....
RON WHITE I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.
RON WHITE When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
RON WHITE Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
RON WHITE I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretch...
RON WHITE I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.
RON WHITE Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.
RON WHITE I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
RON WHITE There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people w...
RON WHITE The next time you have a thought... let it go.
RON WHITE I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
RON WHITE Pace, rhythm and timing. Pace, rhythm and timing is what it's about. The content's got to be...
RON WHITE I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
RON WHITE When I was a kid, mostly I played in a ditch that didn't have much water in it. It was for drain...
RON WHITE I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as th...
RON WHITE Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!
RON WHITE I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
RON WHITE You can't fix stupid.
RON WHITE I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply...
RON WHITE I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.
RON WHITE How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-bui...
RON PAUL There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all t...
RON PAUL You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are a...
RON PAUL The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the worl...
RON PAUL Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.
RON PAUL All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individ...
RON PAUL When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three cho...
RON PAUL Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.
RON PAUL You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.
RON PAUL Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we do...
RON PAUL What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a ...
RON PAUL Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up t...
RON PAUL 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
RON PAUL If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not s...
RON PAUL When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
RON PAUL The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our lib...
RON PAUL There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator...
RON PAUL Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
RON PAUL I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society ...
RON PAUL The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol ...
RON WOOD You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consi...
RON REAGAN If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there wo...
RON JOHNSON The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem...
RON PAUL Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conc...
RON PAUL In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to ...
RON KIND I believe the U.S. has been way too silent on the brutality, the lack of human rights in the Muslim ...
RON JOHNSON In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to the brokerage firms.
RON CHERNOW I see a bright future for Florida and for America, and my campaign will be about the ideas and princ...
RON DESANTIS I go off into Dublin and two days later I'm spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of ...
RON WOOD A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that then heralds a lo...
RON CHERNOW Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of problems with the current s...
RON CHERNOW Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whol...
RON CHERNOW As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in sto...
RON CHERNOW As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without pun...
RON CHERNOW The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. The...
RON CHERNOW Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of ma...
RON PAUL Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.
RON BLOMBERG Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther Ki...
RON FOURNIER If you manage things properly - and, listen, I'm a business guy. I've got to prioritize spen...
RON JOHNSON I am very grateful to Jeb Bush for his support of my candidacy.
RON DESANTIS Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days follow...
RON FOURNIER When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up.
RON ZIEGLER You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buyin...
RON CHERNOW I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking...
RON WHITE If you watch the 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour,' don't expect that when you come see me by my...
RON WHITE There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know ...
RON WOOD Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can...
RON JAWORSKI It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated ...
RON FOURNIER President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged...
RON FOURNIER I have very close friends who are very devout Catholics, and I talked to them before the 'Da Vin...
RON HOWARD Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late ...
RON PERLMAN I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappea...
RON PERLMAN Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authenti...
RON FOURNIER Fractal geometry is everywhere, even in lines drawn in the sand. It's the cycle of life... You s...
RON EGLASH You don't have power if you surrender all your principles -- you have office.
RON TODD I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life ...
RON WHITE But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare ...
RON PAUL The British were unhinged by the colonists' unorthodox fighting style and shocking failure to abide ...
RON CHERNOW To love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from ...
RON HALL You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer.
RON HOWARD Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
RON LUCIANO Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can ...
RON JAWORSKI Every new idea is an impossibility until it is born.
RON BROWN Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
RON BLOMBERG After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was vie...
RON CHERNOW Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us.
RON CARLSON More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures ...
RON KIND I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life.
RON CARLSON I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American...
RON PAUL America needs a new generation of leaders to address the big issues facing the country: alleviating ...
RON DESANTIS We need a new generation of leaders who will promote policies that will foster economic growth and a...
RON DESANTIS Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. ...
RON LEWIS We must enforce the laws we have on the books, secure our borders, and deny special benefits to ille...
RON DESANTIS More customers for Canadian oil means that Canadian producers can charge more for their oil, which t...
RON WYDEN Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countri...
RON SUSKIND Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adeq...
RON LEWIS I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it&...
RON SUSKIND We have all read tragic stories in our local papers about gun accidents as a result of misuse. As la...
RON LEWIS When I occasionally indulge in sort of a 'look back' at highlights, it's so interesting ...
RON HOWARD Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is n...
RON TAFFEL I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of ...
RON CONWAY When you're young and you're striving, it's all uphill, and it's easier to climb. Th...
RON HOWARD By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof c...
RON FOURNIER We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.
RON REAGAN Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.
RON PAUL You learn by mistakes. When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the ...
RON JAWORSKI I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.
RON SILVER Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African villag...
RON EGLASH I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the ...
RON EGLASH Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregna...
RON FOURNIER It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to...
RON WYDEN When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that ...
RON CONWAY Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there... it is the universe.
RON CONWAY Cities like New York have already followed San Francisco and have started similar organizations like...
RON CONWAY I started sfCiti because I believed that technology companies needed to take a 'One City' ap...
RON CONWAY I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.
RON CONWAY I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are bu...
RON CONWAY All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, '...
RON CONWAY Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone li...
RON CONWAY The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companie...
RON CONWAY Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers'...
RON CONWAY As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is impo...
RON CONWAY Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of...
RON CONWAY I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skept...
RON CONWAY Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an ag...
RON CONWAY By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competit...
RON CONWAY I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which...
RON CONWAY You can't learn to be ambitious and driven.
RON CONWAY Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a ...
RON CONWAY Anytime is a good time to start a company.
RON CONWAY The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the...
RON CONWAY