Alan Ball quote: "Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work."

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' A...
ALAN BALL

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it pers...
ALAN BALL

Oh Grow Up.
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It's a twisted little look at cultural imperialism as refracted through a relationship between a tru...
ALAN BALL

You can't take a picture of this. It's already gone.
ALAN BALL

What the series is all about is: We die. So while we're here, let's live fully.
ALAN BALL

[The dreamscape conversations on] Six Feet Under, ... with their own ideas about themselves and what...
ALAN BALL

We love these characters and we love them even when they're unlikable, ... We always see the pain an...
ALAN BALL

I'm so jealous of you.
ALAN BALL

As long as I can sell some homes and make some money, that's what we're in business for.
ALAN BALL

You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you'...
ALAN BALL

I didn't want to create a world of heroes and villains. I wanted to create a world of infinite compl...
ALAN BALL

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We do...
ALAN BALL

I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functio...
ALAN BALL

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't nece...
ALAN BALL

It's easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group. It's ...
ALAN BALL

Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists i...
ALAN BALL

It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, rea...
ALAN BALL

I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists out...
ALAN BALL

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character...
ALAN BALL

The Comeback.
ALAN BALL

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do...
ALAN BALL

In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of th...
ALAN BALL

I wish you all the best, son, you have been great on Merseyside.
ALAN BALL

I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip...
ALAN BALL

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.
ALAN BALL

As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established...
ALAN BALL

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.
ALAN BALL

Six Feet Under: The Complete Fourth Season
ALAN BALL

I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
ALAN BALL

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to ta...
ALAN BALL

I was ready to do something a little lighter in tone than 'Six Feet, ... Five years of staring into ...
ALAN BALL

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and disc...
ALAN BALL

The books are funny, scary, sexy, romantic, bizarre and really fun, ... I couldn't put them down. I ...
ALAN BALL

I love to direct! I get really jazzed by directing, but directing is not the same kind of personal e...
ALAN BALL

I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I kn...
ALAN BALL

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood...
ALAN BALL

I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able...
ALAN BALL

I had no idea where I was going to go when I wrote the pilot,
ALAN BALL

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.
ALAN BALL

'Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood...
ALAN BALL

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best y...
ALAN BALL

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
ALAN BALL

I really feel like my goal, and I don't always achieve it, is to do the best work I can do, and ...
ALAN BALL

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Fr...
ALAN BALL

I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to...
ALAN BALL

I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, ...
ALAN BALL

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.
ALAN BALL

I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.
ALAN BALL

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.
ALAN BALL

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into l...
LUCILLE BALL

The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.
A.M.W. BALL

Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight. Mot...
A.M.W. BALL

You spell Bob Hope C-L-A-S-S.
LUCILLE BALL

Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?
IVERN BALL

A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal.
IVERN BALL

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.
IVERN BALL

First, he says, you have to go out into the world. This is not a simple matter of going outside one'...
JESSE BALL

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do...
LUCILLE BALL

Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one.
IVERN BALL

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
LUCILLE BALL

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
LUCILLE BALL

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't.
LUCILLE BALL

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real...
HUGO BALL

The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.
IVERN BALL

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn
LUCILLE BALL

Ever notice that people never say It's only a game when they're winning?
IVERN BALL

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Lu...
LUCILLE BALL

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautifu...
HUGO BALL

He's the type who makes mountains out of molehills and then sells climbing equipment.
IVERN BALL

Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that e...
HUGO BALL

When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
JOHN BALL

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
LUCILLE BALL

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.
IVERN BALL

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
LUCILLE BALL

You see much more of your children once they leave home.
LUCILLE BALL

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get any...
LUCILLE BALL

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good tas...
LUCILLE BALL

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
IVERN BALL

Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years! I am so weary of toil and of tears, Toil withou...
A.M.W. BALL

I've seen 'Mork & Mindy' a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary C...
LUCILLE BALL

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
LUCILLE BALL

To a liar, the most dangerous individual is the person who catches lies but doesn't say anything...
JESSE BALL

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping bus...
LUCILLE BALL

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
LUCILLE BALL

HeÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s talked about every year and I just talked to this yearÃƒÂ¢...
BILL BALL

Our nine seniors, a lot of those guys have made tremendous sacrifices. Every team has scorers, but y...
BILL BALL

I was in the ambulance when he went to the hospital. What I remember is the firemen - and one firema...
BILL BALL

I was in the ambulance when he went to the hospital, ... What I remember is the firemen - and one fi...
BILL BALL

Defensively we were very good against the run (Keene had 39 yards rushing in the game) and we tackle...
BILL BALL

ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢ll be 10 years on Dec. 5,
BILL BALL

The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'
HARVEY BALL

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get an...
LUCILLE BALL

We always strive to please our guests, but sometimes we do make mistakes.
ANDY BALL

Our outlook as a construction company for the next two years is very, very positive.
ANDY BALL

The women had a fantastic season and will do even better in 2006!
ANDY BALL

I think for a variety of reasons, some good, some bad, the current council has gotten to a point whe...
ANDY BALL

Ball State makes it an absolute priority to comply with all NCAA rules, and our student-athletes und...
BALL STATE

I'll probably look it over, ... Stick some of it on the fridge for safe keeping.
BALL STATE

We did some good things today, ... It is tough to score in our game.ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â You have to g...
BALL STATE

I thought we generated some good scoring chances, ... They took the game to us in the first 45 minut...
BALL STATE

Etchings, Woodcuts, and Lithographs:
BALL STATE

It is always neat to see a team make some great adjustments whenÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â itÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â...
BALL STATE

We have people come who have never seen men's volleyball with the power and the speed of the ball an...
ARNIE BALL

We've talked about that three thing, but our kids are real confident. It works two ways with the pot...
ARNIE BALL

What makes him such a good blocker is he's so intelligent. He understands the game probably better t...
ARNIE BALL

They'll tell you just the opposite.
ARNIE BALL

Lewis is a young team, mostly freshmen. We know they're inexperienced, so we can't look past them. L...
ARNIE BALL

He's very inexperienced. He did have some background playing, but certainly not the level of trainin...
ARNIE BALL

(It's) not that we didn't think he could do it. He's just never been put in that position for us. An...
ARNIE BALL

What he's become is a very versatile player for us and would be a really good candidate, as we found...
ARNIE BALL

They're a big team. Their setter is about 6-7. They have an opposite 6-6, 6-7. Their two middles are...
ARNIE BALL

(Penn State is) in the same situation we are; it's been a long season and this is a non-conference g...
ARNIE BALL

The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survi...
GEORGE BALL

There are, after all, between seventy-five thousand and a hundred thousand descendants of the Ball-f...
EDWARD BALL

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
LUCILLE BALL

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to ...
JOHNNY BALL

I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I've got to k...
LUCILLE BALL

I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself,...
LUCILLE BALL

I don't know how to tell a joke. I never tell jokes. I can tell stories that happened to me... a...
LUCILLE BALL

Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run aw...
EDWARD BALL

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.
JESSE BALL

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.
BRYAN BALL

We've known that we've had good players all along. It just really hasn't been clicking. For it to st...
BRYAN BALL

It's not like we're not trying. Things just aren't rolling the way we want them to right now. Nobody...
BRYAN BALL

It's baseball. Stuff happens. They're a good team. You've got to give them that.
BRYAN BALL

This year, what they're asking of me is something that I've been wanting the entire time I've been h...
BRYAN BALL

That makes it exciting. But I don't think it adds any pressure.
BRYAN BALL

Learning is Lifelong
GRAEME BALL

I see it as an award for Forsyth County and North Carolina and for all the foster parents and adopti...
BRENDA BALL

Some people frown on the fact that George and I, at our ages, made the decision to adopt. If I were ...
BRENDA BALL

There were so many times we didn't think she would make it through the night, so many runs to the ho...
BRENDA BALL

Well, God gave him to us. That's all the child wanted to hear.
BRENDA BALL

We made the decision that with all their needs, it was more important to be here for them. We just d...
BRENDA BALL

We just didn't have any children in the home. We kept hearing all these horrible stories about child...
BRENDA BALL

We found out he was African-American when he was coming home from the hospital.
BRENDA BALL

We always think we can make room for one more, and we do.
BRENDA BALL

It was still dark outside when I woke up. The water was almost raging. It was up to my door.
BOB BALL

The strong economy of the region is clicking along, and isn't going to stop.
BOB BALL

When we benchmark, we take the hard data from the quarterly census of employment and wages. If their...
BOB BALL

This is great. We're already designing the terminal expansion and ramp expansion.
BOB BALL

The past should be a springboard not a hammock.
IRVING BALL

Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that e...
HUGO BALL

Love yourself and eveything else falls into line. You really do have to love yourself to get anythin...
LUCILLE BALL

Heaven, no. I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no on...
LUCILLE BALL

When Adam dolve, and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?
JOHN BALL

Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?
IVERN BALL

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patch...
LUCILLE BALL

I was in the ambulance when he went to the hospital, ... What I remember is the firemen - and one fi...
BILL BALL

As far as I can see, the best writers in the last two hundred years have been Whitman, Rilke, Proust...
JESSE BALL

We thought we would be going there as it is the first game and Wales see it as their banker green.
CHRIS BALL

Our intent was originally to park on the lake bed. That was plan A. We've got a Plan B. There's lots...
CHRIS BALL

We are very pleased to see the police acting so swiftly. None of us - residents, police and council ...
CHRIS BALL

We are very concerned at the number of jobs that will be lost and are hoping to work with the compan...
CHRIS BALL

Kids make mistakes. You just have to make sure the kid knows the difference between right and wrong ...
CHRIS BALL

We found the problem has occurred more often this year.
CHRIS BALL

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be us...
JOHNNY BALL

Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don't want the other person to forget that we forgave
IVERN BALL

I was a complete tart before I met Norman.
ZOE BALL

Twice now, successive governors, after their election and inauguration, have fired directors of the ...
ROGER BALL

I apologize to everyone if there was a, quote, violation. It was my fault, not Jacques' fault, not m...
GORDON BALL

She was the quintessential twenty-first-century woman: She could build a high-rise in a Chanel suit ...
DONNA BALL

It feels good just to get back on the field with the guys and get back in the huddle.
REGGIE BALL

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated i...
LUCILLE BALL

I'm not convinced that consumers will be ready to fork out £200 for a mobile phone handset as there...
ANTHONY BALL

How to do half-hour comedy innovatively is something I do pride myself on. We invented it with '...
LUCILLE BALL

I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. I...
LUCILLE BALL

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we...
LUCILLE BALL

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy an...
LUCILLE BALL

It is always neat to see a team make some great adjustments when it is down, ... Our depth was a h...
BALL STATE

She wanted proof why a Mac would be better than
the Dell I already had,
BALL STATE

I think that word really captures what this group
represents,
BALL STATE

We had to be one of the most improved teams in the country from week one to week two if we were goin...
BALL STATE

We did some good things today, ... It is tough to score in our game. You have to give credit to Yo...
BALL STATE

I thought we generated some good scoring chances, ... They took the game to us in the first 45 minut...
BALL STATE

Ball State makes it an absolute priority to comply
with all NCAA rules, and our student-athlete...
BALL STATE

Most of the clients that I represent in a criminal case I detest.
JOSEPH BALL

I know I could count on my neighbors. I love it.
ASHLEIGH BALL

It feels like a safe neighborhood.
ASHLEIGH BALL

Parents are very open to the kids running around and playing and having a great time.
ASHLEIGH BALL

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one...
LUCILLE BALL

I think that word really captures what this group represents,
BALL STATE

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luc...
LUCILLE BALL

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
LUCILLE BALL

There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there...
JOHNNY BALL

The best way to get even is to forget
IVERN BALL

The way they played was magnificent. We didn't come to make up the numbers.
KEVIN BALL

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.
LUCILLE BALL

It was like playing catch-up from the get-go. They just dominated all phases of the game. ... They p...
REGGIE BALL

It was a program, an end-of-the-year program. It means you've been in a lot of clubs. Stuff like tha...
BALL STATE

I looked into the stands and saw a bunch of former Cyclones and for us to win with them there, it wa...
BALL STATE

It's from high school,
BALL STATE

Women make such excellent scientists and engineers - because of their passion for learning and will-...
JOHNNY BALL

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
LUCILLE BALL

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.
LUCILLE BALL

helped define a still nascent medium.
LUCILLE BALL

Desi was out chasing his girlfriends.
LUCILLE BALL

I don't do T & A very well because I haven't got much of either.
LUCILLE BALL

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not
LUCILLE BALL

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
LUCILLE BALL

Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work.

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Alan Ball

Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work.

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