August Strindberg Quotes
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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I would like to put forward a simple thesis that should no longer be at all controversial: it is now objectively the case that our national interests are increasingly affected not just by what happens between states, but also by how people are treated within states.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, though, so if I can go to the gym and box for 30 minutes, I will.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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If you want to be an artist, you have to know that art is an ongoing practice, that you're part of a long line. Take this test: if someone offered you a billion dollars, but you could never draw another illustration or write another word, would you take it? If you reject it, you need to find another way to pay the bills, but you're still an artist.
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It's not just the physical aspect of boxing, it's the whole fighter mentality that has been ingrained in me through the years as a competitive athlete. One of the hardest things you'll ever do is to box - to get into the ring and to face off with somebody whose whole goal is to knock you out, to hurt you, and to be able to fight back.
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You want to be like a ticking bomb. As calm as possible before the fight, to save energy… But ready to explode the second you step into the cage.
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You don't want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, you want to pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
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I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.
