Francis Bacon Quotes
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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In my 20s, I wanted to be hot; now I want to be healthy.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I want to go down in history.
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If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do.
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I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.
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Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their audience's defection to other forms of entertainment.
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Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
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The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave to industrialists, was consistently good for bankers, but was often disastrous for governments, businessmen, and the people generally.
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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.
