Budd Hopkins Quotes
A work of art enters life very much like another human being - complicated, loaded with overtones and meaning, mysterious, enticing, obsessive, and beautiful. There's no way to control how it will be used, how it will be read, and that's part of the excitement of it.
Quotes to Explore
-
Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
-
There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
-
Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
-
The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
-
Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
-
I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
-
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
-
I feel really proud of my work on 'Sullivan & Son.' It's a really different character for me. I was excited to play this really tough, sweet smart, quirky girl because that's who I am at my core, but that's never who I was playing. The show is like my pride and joy.
-
If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
-
In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
-
I don't feel special … I was just full of energy and loved to learn.
-
Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.
-
I like babies, but not in the front row. I don't want to sing directly to a baby.
-
Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary.
-
Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines.
-
I hope to be an actor and never retire.
-
I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.
-
Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.
-
With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
-
We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board.
-
A work of art enters life very much like another human being - complicated, loaded with overtones and meaning, mysterious, enticing, obsessive, and beautiful. There's no way to control how it will be used, how it will be read, and that's part of the excitement of it.
