Steve Lacy Quotes

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.

The office of presbyters is a permanent one.

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world.

'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit.

What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.

It's nice to have some anonymity and still be low key.

Most of us were probably less than immaculately honest as teenagers; it's practically encoded into adolescence that you savor your secrets, dress in disguise, carve out some space for experiments and accidents and all the combustible lab work of becoming who you are.

People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.

I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.

If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.

All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.