Democritus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
-
One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
-
When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
-
Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
-
In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
-
If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
-
The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
-
People trash talk me.
-
I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
-
I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
-
If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
-
The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
-
I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
-
There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
-
When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
-
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
-
My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
-
I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
-
The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.
-
Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.
-
Things go wrong for me, all the time, with technology. I'm not familiar enough with it, and I'm too old school a brain to be able to figure it out. I'm dumb. Anything that I have to attack with my thumbs, for any period of time, makes me feel stupid. So, I try to avoid it, as much as possible, to protect my thumbs.
-
I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
-
A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.
-
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
