Hal Sparks Quotes

It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.

I like struggle.

Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.

You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but ... um ... no.

Boredom is your mind and body's way of telling you you're not living up to your potential.

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.

If I have anything, it's tenacity.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.

Jerry Springer' is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.

Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.

If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.

The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?

I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.

The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.

Mainly, when I go see a show, unfortunately it's more industrial espionage than it is going to actually enjoy a show.

If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.

I admire Laura Bush because she's the only librarian who would marry an illiterate.

Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.

It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.

You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.

I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.