The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea. - John Templeton
The only way to avoid mistakes is not to invest—which is the biggest mistake of all. - John Templeton
The opposite of humility is arrogance – the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn. - John Templeton
The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit. - John Templeton
There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets. - John Templeton
As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not. - Weird Al Yankovic
At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute. - Weird Al Yankovic
By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. - Weird Al Yankovic
I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it's very difficult to figure out where I fit. - Weird Al Yankovic
I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know. - Weird Al Yankovic
I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life. - Weird Al Yankovic
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible. - Weird Al Yankovic
I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the "Letters and Tomatoes" column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature. - Weird Al Yankovic
I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture. - Weird Al Yankovic
I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer. - Weird Al Yankovic
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now. - Weird Al Yankovic
Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?'' - Weird Al Yankovic
People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?' - Weird Al Yankovic
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