By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

What history dictates is even relatively weak presidents have often gone for home runs with nominees,

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I like the rhythm of comedy in dramas, if that makes sense. In other words, I don't want to write setup, punch, setup, punch, where the joke dictates the scene; I want to find comedy in which the drama is actually driving the moment in the scene.

I don't like to stay housebound. I don't like it when weather dictates whether or not I can leave my house.

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

SUNY policy dictates that we need to get student input on any fee increase.

Peter's got a good feel for the puck in the offensive part of the game, ... He's a give-and-go player and he knows what to do with the puck. He's got good vision and he gets his stick on the puck. He's got some good anticipation. I think his skill dictates top two lines and that's where he'll get a lot of opportunity in those areas, and we'll see what he does with it.