Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Quotes
The exercises I wholly condemn are dicing and carding, especially if you play for any great sum of money, or spend any time in them, or use to come to meetings in dicing-houses, where cheaters meet and cozen young gentlemen out of all their money.
Quotes to Explore
-
The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
-
The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
-
In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
-
I'm not into the attention thing so much.
-
My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
-
I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
-
I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.
-
I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
-
When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
-
So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
-
My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
-
I think a superhero would be awesome to play.
-
Are you in my dream too?
-
I think, especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, it's near impossible to break into the other one, even if you have experience with both.
-
Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
-
What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new things. You've got to be willing to take a few risks.
-
It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
-
… just as the limb gives assistance to the body, likewise the member of the community helps the community and reigns supreme.
-
North Carolina needs to revamp the tax code completely. We have some of the highest tax rates, like the corporate tax rate, in the country.
-
I've never been in the studio world; TV is as close as I get to the more corporate approach to making entertainment.
-
You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.
-
The exercises I wholly condemn are dicing and carding, especially if you play for any great sum of money, or spend any time in them, or use to come to meetings in dicing-houses, where cheaters meet and cozen young gentlemen out of all their money.
