A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
There's nothing more intoxicating than doing big, bold things.
For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
I do come from a very close family. And I'm fascinated, in particular, with family relationships and the relationships that we all form with friends who feel as close, if not closer, than family.
Anthony Johnson hits harder than any other person, no doubt. Every time he hit me, it made me kind of, like, fly all over the place. He was trying to take my head off.
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
What would you do in order to marry Sophia Loren? I think anyone would become French to marry Sophia Loren. Love was more important than nationality. The cultural heritage of that country and my parents is so interlaced that it really doesn't matter that a piece of paper tells them they're French.
I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.
There were always kids better than me. Because of that, I had to learn to be a role player and do my part.
Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
There might never be another 'Crouching Tiger.' There might be something that's even better than 'Crouching Tiger.'
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.
More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.
And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have.
I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.
There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining.
There's more than one way to sense violence.
Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.
The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant.
I'm a pretty open book, so not being out publicly felt inauthentic. Hopefully we can get to a point where your personal life isn't anybody else's business, but until then, it's less about people having to know about your sexuality than standing up for what's right and fighting for equality.
People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.
I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.
Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.
Before you can trust your team to make decisions better than you would have, you need to build their capability to connect the dots.
The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.
It is very important that our young people have constructive early work experiences. But it is equally important that their jobs are safe and complement their education, rather than complete it.
An actor with a genuine gift has the power to transport you from whatever your own pains may be into an entirely different world, freeing you from whatever you may be going through. At its best, it can be better than any medication.
The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.
