David Eagleman Quotes
I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.
Quotes to Explore
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible.
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I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want.
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I can't stress it enough that we genuinely love 'The Room.' Like I said, I've seen it more than any other movie that's ever been made, and it gets to a point where if a movie is that watchable, when can we just call it a good movie?
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Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.
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Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools.
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I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.
