Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
It makes me very sad. Everyone's afraid of each other - Jews are afraid of Palestinians, Palestinians are afraid of Jews. Everywhere I see fear, not understanding. Reason went out of the window a long time ago.
I cry all the time. Remembrance Day in particular. In fact, anything to do with veterans makes me sob.
Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.
In the States, entrepreneurs inspire a lot of people and are respected for creating jobs. That makes people dream and feel happy for their country.
Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.
The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.
I kind of muddled through 'Pride & Prejudice,' but with 'Atonement,' I knew what I was doing. That makes it sound like I had no doubt. I had doubts - I didn't know whether it would work. But I knew exactly what I wanted to try to do.
What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.
There is in the DNA of the Italians a bit of madness, which in the overwhelming majority of cases is positive. It is genius. It is talent. It's the masterpieces of art. It's the food, fashion, everything that makes Italy great in the world.
If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
I think if a movie makes you cry, you probably needed to cry.
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.
I'm a pretty upbeat person. I think I sometimes get cast as these brooding types because I bring light and joy, which hopefully makes them more likable.
I feel that the arts have an impact in a way that just makes the world more beautiful.
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
No act is of itself either good or bad. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad.
Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
It makes me laugh when I hear a guy talking about being in touch with his feminine side. But I gravitate towards women; I identify with them. And I do cry very easily, more and more as I get older.
Getting bad reviews or doing something that's not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me feel as an actor that I've earned my stripes a bit.
Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.
It makes me sound like a domestic freak, but I care very much about my kids' nutrition.
American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.
Culture makes all men gentle.
The thing I wonder about is where does Brian's creative spark come from? Not his subjects or anything, but his spark. What makes it so great for me is that I really don't know. There's a mystery behind Brian, even to me.
