Harry Anderson Quotations

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.

But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.

I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.

I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.

The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.

There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.

We treated all of the dead with dignity.

I don't know why he chose to post that. There was sufficient food and water in that hospital for at least another four days when we evacuated.

What you get when you come here is you pay way too much for my stuff, but you get it signed by me, demonstrated by me,

It'd be a wonderful opportunity for a local company to be philanthropic. To the best of my knowledge, no Barrie-area business has yet come forward with a gift like this.

We have met the enemy, and he is us, ... We can all do better. We weren't in the positions to push the major buttons ... (during and after the storm), but we can all do better.

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons,

I've lived in a lot of places, and this is the only town I love, the only town I'd take a bullet for, ... Right now I feel like I have an Uzi aimed at my head, but I'll take a lot more bullets if there are people standing next to me.

This is another blow. But we're actually walking a little taller because of the heroism at some of our hospitals.

They said if you need to get your people out, you have to do it yourself.

There was nothing else like it around. Not willing to leave the New Iberia area, I jumped at the opportunity when I saw the help-wanted ad.

There was nothing else like it around, ... Not willing to leave the New Iberia area, I jumped at the opportunity when I saw the help-wanted ad.

It's not the kind of PR you want. We haven't caught many breaks in the last several years.

That's the exact right answer, from beginning to end,

Not a single living patient was left in the hospital.

In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night.

I'm certainly no victim in this. I don't want to come off as a sad sack; I pissed a lot of people off.

I don't know if I want to carry this burden - its still a mystery to me - but I know what I don't want to do, which is just to sit around ... I came here to find out whether ... we are going to control our own fate.

Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.

Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Neckties satisfy modern man's desire to dress in art.

The hospitals are running out of water, and the sewers aren't working. It's a horrible situation.