Rumi Quotes
Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.
Quotes to Explore
-
Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
-
In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
-
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
-
I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
-
The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
-
We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
-
We will not lose this election for lack of money.
-
I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
-
I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.
-
I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
-
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
-
I don't hold grudges.
-
It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.
-
I've always wanted to be a singer.
-
You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.
-
Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
-
When I was young, I really wanted to be a part of the end-of-year awards shows, but now that I'm actually there, it feels weird. I used to go to church and ended the year with a prayer, but now I spend it with people I'm not very familiar with at an award show, and I wonder if it's something I should be doing.
-
Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
-
I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.
-
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
-
I went to law school to help people.
-
Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
-
There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others.
-
Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.
