Dec Quotes

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they`ve stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000

I`m happy about the things I`ve done. Not always happy about the results, but happy about the decisions, because I made them myself. And I think that`s an important way to go through life. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2000

"There`s something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day." - as quoted in the Dec 7, 2004 issue of Woman`s World

(interview in "Movieline" magazine, Dec. 1998) Fame is complicated and definitely overrated. There are perks to it that are unfathomable. But the other aspect is there`s little to no privacy at all - being anywhere at any time and knowing that somebody you cannot see is probably taking a picture of you, which has happened hundreds of times. I look around and cannot see anyone and a couple of weeks later I see a photo of me looking around.

We`re still working out the details, but I`d be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.

I sometimes think that if porny films had come along when I was a young man, it would have dispensed with a lot of friction in my personal life. (in a conversation with his son, John Buffalo Mailer in Playboy`s Dec. 2004 issue).

Adults don`t want to see millionaire idiots like Ant and Dec on the telly.

Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island.

I take it day-by-day, man, ... Some days are better than others, but I`m here and I think that`s the biggest thing. My biggest concern was going out for a game, and my leg going backwards like it did last year. I played pretty well in that San Francisco game (Dec. 18), and then my leg went totally downhill after that. Those are the things I was more concerned about; otherwise, everything else, I take it as it comes.

Everything rides on Dec. 3. This fight is important because that`s where Bernard Hopkins will show that anyone who went through the minefield again with him is in trouble. I`ve beaten everyone who got into the ring with me a second time, and some of them I sent into retirement. I have to deal with the clouds and the storm. You think you got me down and I rise up.

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

We beat them in overtime last time (Dec. 17), so we knew this was going to be a tough game. We fought as hard as we could, and in the end, it came out on our side.

It`s final exam time. I`m anxious to see what we can do. I`ve been waiting since Dec. 12, when Weis was hired.