Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life. ”

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ”

Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives. ”

I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it. ”

God's role in superintending our world and our lives is neither absentee landlord nor micromanager. ”

I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-the-moon in love with it. The audience, they spend 90 minutes with it, but for you, it's anywhere between a year and a half to three years of your life, every day, working on it. ”

If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.' ”

It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for. ”

In life, there's no such thing as an unmitigated good. ”

We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken. ”