David H. Hubel Quotes
We need above all to know about changes; no one wants or needs to be reminded 16 hours a day that his shoes are on.
Quotes to Explore
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I guess actors are very sensitive people. We're porous.
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I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
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An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
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I see poetry as spiritual medicine.
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Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.
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Working on 'Outlander' has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I'd turned into a bit of a Londoner.
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When I get home after being away for work, my wife always stuffs the fridge with loads of what she calls 'nibbles' - all the great things you can eat straight from the fridge, like chunks of cheese, slices of ham, bowls of hummus.
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I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.
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Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
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We need above all to know about changes; no one wants or needs to be reminded 16 hours a day that his shoes are on.
