Edward Norton Quotes
When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.
Quotes to Explore
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I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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If you truly believe in a united Jerusalem, deeds have to be more than words. We need a real united Jerusalem. It takes determination, audacity, and money to provide full services and law enforcement in the entire city.
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I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.
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And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here.
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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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Most inventions are based on some prior history.
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Mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience; all else is remote inference.
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The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to be careful to prevent their growth in our own.
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I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.
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JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have. Then, you go back and look at 'I Dream of Jeannie' - I mean, he's a comic genius, as well. So, I think they should give him an honorary Emmy Award.
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The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
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In times of uncertainty, employees crave clarity. As a leader, you won't always have all of the answers - no one expects you to - so you must be open to listening and learning from others. Once you understand a particular challenge and outline the options, you have to be confident in making bold and optimistic decisions.
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The biggest challenge was trying to convey the story of the making of a film that isn't finished yet - and which won't be finished until the third film, The Return of the King, reaches our cinemas towards the end of 2003!
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The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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I owe it to my children to secure their future.
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Never lie when the truth is more profitable.
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When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.
