Francis Bacon Quotes
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.
Quotes to Explore
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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I'm a homebody for sure. I do a lot of work at home.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.
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I don't see my movies. I think it's healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I'm afraid to be disappointed.
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I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me.
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I reject the notion of a post-truth area. I don't believe there is such a thing, and we shouldn't accept that.
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I like to look at things that have been developed and re-developed over the course of time so I know the bugs are worked out of it. And in the business itself, I like to look at sales, by far. I want to see that there is a vetted track record of sales to show the price point has worked.
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Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
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CGI is to me like watching a cartoon. It can be effective, if it's done well. A lot of times you don't feel any real risk. You're watching a bunch of computer-generated graphics.
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The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault.
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Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.
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When it comes to sexuality, sensuality, self-representation, self-nurturance - America fails in those departments.
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It wasn't the intention to do something important, or to even relate about social issues. The ground is so fertile in the justice world, dealing with the death penalty and the Innocence Project, for characters that have a moral ambiguity, which we were both attracted to. It's the idea that everybody has their reasons. Whatever their actions are, whether you agree with them or not, you can understand why they're feeling that way, in terms of racism or even the death penalty.
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No language on earth speaks as comprehensively as photography, always providing that we follow the chemical and optic and physical path to demonstrable truth, and understand physiognomy.
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At the very moment when someone is beginning to take philosophy seriously, the whole world believes the opposite.
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The majesty of God in itself goes beyond the capacity of human understanding and cannot be comprehended by it. We must adore its loftiness rather than investigate it, so that we do not remain overwhelmed by so great a splendor.
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The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.
