Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.
Quotes to Explore
-
There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
-
I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
-
The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
-
The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee 'Everything is Awesome.' They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge.
-
Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
-
Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
-
I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
-
I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
-
I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
-
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
-
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
-
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
-
I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
-
Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
-
Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
-
I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.
-
There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
-
I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
-
For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man.
-
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion, likes to pick a fight - especially fights where the line between good and evil is particularly stark.
-
When I got pregnant, I became very interested in natural products. You wonder what you're putting on your skin when you're carrying a child.
-
In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it.
-
You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.
-
It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.
