H. L. Mencken Quotes
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Friends are not made, but recognized.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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I never liked you, and I always will.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile
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I'm not naturally a person that wants to exercise, but I find running is something I can do wherever I am in the world.
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If I die tomorrow, will I have gotten everything in the world I've ever wanted? No. But I will have gotten everything that's made me happiest.
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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I think there are things that digital can't do as well as print thus far. Even an iPad is only 80% the size of a standard comics page, so the images are going to be smaller. You don't get your big, whopping two-page spreads.
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War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
