It's funny because Hollywood is such a small place that everyone really is less than 6 degrees of separation.
In an ideal world, I'd love to work on something that is on par with 'Lost' or better than 'Lost.'
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are allowed to live in the West is closer to the Muslim way.
What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is.
In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.
No one has to be taught to trust in themselves. No one has to be taught that what you experience inside yourself is more authoritative than what comes to you externally, even if it comes from God. Since the Fall, it has been part of our character to look within ourselves.
I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me.
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.
As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.
In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.
But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.
The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.
There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.
My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
I'd rather be a lady of the evening than a feminist.
Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.
America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf. It has too much money, seven of the top 10 banks, eight of the top 10 companies etc. It is too stingy, giving away less of its wealth than other countries. It is vulgar, a rich barbarian.
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.
So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
I can't hurt any more than I've been hurt, I can't cry any more than I've cried. I've been to the highest of highs and lowest of lows, so one day I'm going to find my middle ground and be happy.
It's nice to feel like you have more in common with people rather than more differences.
Sometimes emotions are more important than rationality.
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
To be a naturalist is better than to be a king.
Now that I have a 16-month-old son, my weekend ritual has changed - but it's better than ever. We get up early and go for a walk on one of the hiking trails near my home in Los Angeles, then meet up with friends at a diner. There's nothing better than sipping coffee, eating scrambled eggs, and taking three hours to do it.
