Errol Morris Quotes
Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person.
Quotes to Explore
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Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life.
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The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
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The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.
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Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
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For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain.
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The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition
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Iran welcomes dialogue with any other states. I wrote a letter to the three European states inviting them to resume talks, but, they cancelled it. They had thought that Iran would no longer resume talks with them.
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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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The genetic theory of homosexuality has been generally discarded today. . . . Despite the interest in possible hormone mechanisms in the origin of homosexuality, no serious scientist today suggests that a simple cause-effect relationship applies.
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The good is the enemy of the best.
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The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia in the month of June is only a half-light when one compares it to the light of childhood. Even the nights were blue.
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The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind.
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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
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Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
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It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.
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I’ve never been in analysis. But it’s rare that one saves oneself from a rickety landing at the top of a building by throwing oneself down the stairwell.
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Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person.
