Stephen Wallem Quotes
I can’t imagine ever giving up theater; it’s been a part of who I am since I was eight years old.
Quotes to Explore
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.
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There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.
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I think I'm a soulful singer.
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Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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Those who believe that health is a commodity, on par with cars or computers, fail to grasp the basic economic lesson that health is very vulnerable to exposure to the markets, not least due to the profound asymmetries in power between the providers and consumers.
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It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.
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Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.
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There's something healing about tears.
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In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.
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Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.
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I did three and a half years in the architecture school with no real love or feel for it. After quite a while I realized I don't like to pick up a pen and freely sketch and let my imagination run towards structures. And if I don't have that natural desire, what am I doing here? How did I let this illusion go on so long?
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Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.
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I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.
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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
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Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.
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I'm going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.
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I can’t imagine ever giving up theater; it’s been a part of who I am since I was eight years old.
