“Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of ...” — Robert Smith Quote

“Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.”

“I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.”

“I get a much more extreme reaction when I have my hair really short. I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter. It's a much more extreme reaction.”

“Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.”

“A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.”

“I always wanted to help people. I graduated from college and applied to a couple of police departments, Omaha and Denver, because I liked Denver a lot. It turns out they liked me and accepted me right away. I got hired both places, but I wanted to try fighting.”