William Shatner Quotes
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
Quotes to Explore
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
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Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for the many foreign manufacturers who sell primarily in the U.S. market.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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Windows are as essential to office prestige as Christmas is to retailing.
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In school, when we lived in New Jersey, we went to Broadway a lot, so I saw a lot of Broadway plays, and I just loved being able to see people play a different character and, you know, be able to be themselves at the end of the night. So, I've always wanted to do it.
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Books are medicine and you have to take the right medicine that you need at that moment or that day or that time in your life.
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Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.'
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O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.
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I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
