My favorite zone is from 1890 -1915, that zone that spans the overlap of the so-called Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. People had such a boundless sense of optimism; They felt they could do anything they wanted to do, and they went out and tried to do it.


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Hopefully we are giving a message to people that this kind of conduct, partys, serving alcohol to mi...
BOB LARSON
We're asking them to be ready, and as the situation develops we'll let them know,
BOB LARSON
I'm a very small producer today. They've treated me fairly; they haven't given me any special deals.
BOB LARSON
Because we put ourselves in a movie or on TV, then it must mean we want to be completely open to the...
BRIE LARSON
My first acting gig was a skit for Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show.' It was this Barbie commer...
BRIE LARSON
I won't do things for money. I can't. So I'll hold out and say, in my mind, 'There&#...
BRIE LARSON
I love discussing social issues, but I'm not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a w...
BRIE LARSON
Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.
GARY LARSON
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after e...
DOUG LARSON
We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must h...
JOHN LARSON
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the wors...
DOUG LARSON
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three...
DOUG LARSON
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect
DOUG LARSON
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
DOUG LARSON
There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.
KIRBY LARSON
It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.
KIRBY LARSON
Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar f...
KIRBY LARSON
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
DOUG LARSON
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
DOUG LARSON
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
DOUG LARSON
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
DOUG LARSON
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
DOUG LARSON
The opposite of war isnt peace its creation
JONATHAN LARSON
There should be fireworks, at least, when a dream dies.
KIRBY LARSON
My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind...
KIRBY LARSON
The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule...
KIRBY LARSON
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk.
DOUG LARSON
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
DOUG LARSON
I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not. It's the same thing ...
BRIE LARSON
Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time ch...
BRIE LARSON
I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expres...
BRIE LARSON
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they wer...
DOUG LARSON
I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand oppor...
BRIE LARSON
I'm not really out in the world all that much. I mean, I live with no phone signal, in the hills...
BRIE LARSON
Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in...
GARY LARSON
It took only 50 years for movies to go from silent to unspeakable.
DOUG LARSON
The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to even...
BRIE LARSON
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate
DOUG LARSON
My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, ...
BRIE LARSON
We want to make sure the launch and recovery are absolutely flawless.
JERRY LARSON