James Madison Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.
-
Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
-
The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
-
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
-
The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
-
I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.
-
What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of this city, that he came in as mayor when there was hate and greed and misunderstanding among our people and the races were polarized.
-
I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
-
My characters are not plastic.
-
Fortunately or not, expectations are always high for all my films.
-
Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
-
I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
-
I believe in the sanctity of marriage.
-
In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase.
-
I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
-
Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.
-
Andy Clark has several books you can find on Amazon, including 'Natural Born Cyborgs' and 'Being There.' I particularly recommend 'Being There' to anybody who still thinks the Cartesian separation of mind and body should be taken seriously.
-
I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.
-
Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the way poverty is dealt with, the sheer number of dead bodies you see, it's all pretty overwhelming.
-
We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive.
-
I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
-
I didn't want to be this four-chord acoustic singer songwriter because that stuff just got so old to me.
-
Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
-
Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
