Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.
Quotes to Explore
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in history, a social class... for instance, I wanted to make the boy in 'A Boy's Own Story' more like other gay men of my generation in their youth and not like me.
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Wherever you go at SXSW, there you are standing in line. Or watching other people stand in line.
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Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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It is not characteristic of American executives to read books, except books on 'management' and mysteries. ... Those who who do venture into this arena ... are looked upon by their colleagues with mingled awe and incredulity.
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It was one of the first things I did on my own; I worked at McDonald's, raised the money and did it. I'm really, really passionate about pro-choice, because I wouldn't be here talking to you right now if I'd had a kid at 15.
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With human inspectors, it's difficult to get even the same person to make consistent judgments.
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The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.
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When you read something, and especially when you're reading compellingly great, that becomes part of your identity, at least while you're reading it. You become changed by reading it.
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Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.
