Sophocles Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
-
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
-
I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
-
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
-
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
-
I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your ex.' I miss it; I miss setting up tables at 6 A.M.
-
I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
-
The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
-
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
-
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
-
Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
-
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
-
But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined.
-
I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
-
I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
-
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
-
Acting's boring.
-
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
-
I was talented but crazy, semi-autistic and eccentric.
-
Money to me is not a factor in my life.
-
I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
-
Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.
-
Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.
-
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
