Paul Theroux Quotes
Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
She's been on more laps than a napkin.
-
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
-
Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
-
For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.
-
I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
-
Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
-
I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
-
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
-
No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
-
I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
-
I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.
-
I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
-
A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
-
If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
-
I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
-
Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
-
Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
-
I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.
-
I got to work with Eli Vargas. Great guy. Huge in Spain. He's a heartthrob there. Who else? Terry Crews - he was really funny.
-
I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
-
I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'
-
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
-
Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.
