"If you live with a single parent, you don`t see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what they want to do. When you are raised by two parents, you are constantly watching compromise take place. Just by observing that, it made me a better person."
- Chris Rock"Hearing Bruce Springsteen sing Born To Run, you know what his goal was. A man on a mission is a great thing to witness in any form. That`s fantastic and inspiring. I have had moments of worrying about this: I don`t have a mission that has a real focus. I didn`t have a plan when I got into this. My only plan was to tour successfully and be on radio. Now that it`s happening, I`ve thought, `I need a new plan.`"
- Keith UrbanUpon Mary`s death, close friend and fellow CAC (Celebrity Action Council) member Meredith MacRae said, "Mary was not a star on a pedestal. She really listened to these troubled women and would candidly share her own struggles. She recruited dentists for them, threw them baby showers - and never with a reporter or camera crew to witness it. She truly gave of herself, and we honor her by making sure her work continues".
- Mary FrannI ... think of the Bible as great literature rather than great history; great imagination rather than reliable witness. Whatever, it is not as a law book that I respect the Bible.
- Ian McKellenAnd as a child, we have such a wonderful thing as children, that we can just make the best of everything, and say, Well, this must be what everybody else is experiencing, and I`ve got to make the best of it. You don`t know that it`s not good until you witness something that it seems better.
- Anne Heche"The only good advice you can give anyone is the witness of what you have learned in your own life. If I were living with someone and confused about whether I should be staying with them, it usually means I should be leaving. Because when you`re really happy, you don`t sit around thinking, `Should I leave?`"
- Joel Schumacher(Referring to the restroom murder scene in Witness (1985): It was the most violent scene I`ve ever filmed. I still wonder if it was too violent, but I did want to have an outrage over the violence that occured in front of those innocent eyes (of the Amish boy character).
- Peter WeirThe mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That`s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
- Bianca JaggerThe director Jerry Damiano sat on trial, sat on the witness chair and pointed and said, `yeah, that`s the guy who had sex in my movie` and he was let go. Same with Linda Lovelace, `That`s the guy I had sex with in the movie DEEP THROAT`, I was the defendant, they were witnesses, it makes no sense.
- Harry Reems(Murphy said he is particularly appalled by speeches made by attorneys in TV courtrooms. Sam Waterston (as Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on) Law & Order ... the witness sits mute, the judge stares and the defense attorney seems to be Crazy-Glued to his chair.
- John MurphyWhen you`re the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.
- Kirstie AlleyIt`s very Jehovah`s Witness. I`m not sure if anyone`s actually going door to door, but it`s not far off.
- Nathan Fillion(On Firefly fans attempts to save the show) It`s very Jehovah`s Witness. I`m not sure if anyone`s actually going door to door, but it`s not far off.
- Nathan FillionI`ve always loved reporting from the field most of all. There`s something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that`s always appealed to me. I think there`s great value to bearing witness to these events as they`re actually happening.
- Anderson CooperSome people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I`m undressed in front of my husband.
- Patricia HeatonIt`s rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don`t operate that way.
- Jim GarrisonI have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.
- Christiane AmanpourMy father is a Jehovah`s Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.
- Damon WayansAnyone who lives, as I do, in a world of imagination must make an enormous and unnatural effect to be factual in the ordinary sense. I confess I would be a terrible witness in court because of this-and a terrible journalist. I feel compelled to a story the way I see it and this is seldom the way it happened, in all its documentary detail.
- Federico FelliniI was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.
- Harold PinterIt was heart-warming to see in a hands-on way what it can do for people, ... It`s very different to witness (the effects of the hurricane) in person than to see it on TV.
- John MitchellWe have an independent witness coming with us to observe us. What a gig that is. I`d love to have his job.
- John TaylorMake a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.
- Michael SchiavoWe flew out to go as a family, and it wasn`t bad. It was under a kind of dictatorship, I guess, but I didn`t witness anything stupid going on.
- Tom ArayaA multi-purpose stadium is an absolute must in order to invigorate our downtown and, simultaneously, let the rest of the country witness that we can get things done.
- Alan AutryTo see that, it brings a different joy. It`s a great feeling to witness it and spectate and be a part of this. That`s what I`m happy about. Having the chance to root for this team.
- Mike CameronA vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
- Mohandas K. GandhiThis dance was the dance of death. The clowns danced it for the wretched of the earth, that they might witness their own wretchedness.
- Angela CarterWe are proud of the work Activision has done to help make this excellent program possible, and it is an honor to witness the Tomorrow`s Leader`s youth graduate to the next stage of their lives. We have confidence that these youth will positively impact Los Angeles in ways unimagined before this program.
- Mike Rowe(Game 5 drew 92,706 fans, the largest crowd to witness a Series game, in the misshapen stadium.) What I remember about that is feeling scared looking at the (short) fence in leftfield, ... I think my mother and father were in the 156th row looking down. You`re just hoping you don`t embarrass yourself in front of all those people.
- Bob ShawWe, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini`s Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.
- Robert ByrdThrough witness interviews, we have two suspects, but as of yet, we have no descriptions.
- Mark BishopJournalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
- John HerseyHe tried fighting back, but there were too many, ... A witness said there were six or seven people all hitting him at the same time.
- Carlos CruzWell, I have not been a participant nor a witness of Mayor Bloomberg in press conferences. I really can`t intelligently comment on that.
- David DinkinsSome are saying I should resign, some want me impeached, some say I should go on vacation, ... This is my advice: They are the ones who should go on vacation. They should come here and be with people who don`t have land and witness the poverty here.
- Joseph EstradaWe now witness the constructive work on a foundation that will endure through the ages. That foundation is the god of science - revealed to us in terms that will harmonize with our intelligence.
- John FiskeWe expect that by the time the 2005 hurricane season is over, we will witness seasonal tropical cyclone activity at near-record levels.
- William Gray(Jack King, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers spokesman, said defense attorneys will track down most defendants in those 300 cases.) Now, we need the FBI to provide a live witness, a scientist from the FBI Lab, to testify at post-conviction hearings on these old cases, ... Some of these guys have sat in jail for decades, and it`s about time they got a fair hearing.
- Jack KingThat last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it.
- Laurie LeeNo parent can fully protect their child. What they can do is continue the conversation. It can be as simple as asking you kids how they feel after you both witness a character in a television show doing something wrong. As parents we should always be talking.
- Elizabeth MooreThe artist`s job is to be a witness to his time in history.
- Robert RauschenbergEvery artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique.
- Jane RuleIf we don`t bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.
- Jane RuleHis voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.
- Charles StanleyThe fact that Mark Fuhrman is a racist and lied about it on the witness stand does not mean that we haven`t proven the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It would be a tragedy if with such overwhelming evidence, ladies and gentlemen, as we have presented to you, you found the defendant not guilty in spite of all that, because of the racist attitudes of one police officer.
- Marcia ClarkI`m an expert witness in a case that`s in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later.
- Kevin MitnickFrank has got a shock from our witness statements. He feels it`s better if they are cross-examined - but he should be prepared for the truth to come out.
- Ricky HattonMother Nature always wants to be balanced. So there`s no age where they don`t want to return back to normal. I have worked with dogs that are 11 years old, 13 years old, which you witness in the show. I worked with a dog that was 13 years old that was extremely territorial to her food. And I was able to accomplish a calm, submissive state, which is allowing for you to create rules, boundaries and limitations. The mind backs away from the food. So in their world, they are always ready to balance. It`s the human who fights it.
- Cesar MillanIf we are lucky, and George W. Bush is right, we are about to witness the War of the Happy Iraqis.
- Howard Fineman