No man fails who does his best.
There is no such thing as the worst gang because they're all pretty bad. It is very difficult to classify them in terms of who is worse than the other because they all have pretty bad things associated with them.
I'm pretty sensitive. My feelings get hurt a lot easier than people think, but I try take it all with grain of salt. For a relationship, I want someone who is really secure, confident and fulfilled, not tripping with what I do.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time.
I take laser tag incredibly seriously. I am an extremely competitive person - most likely a little over the top at times, but that's just who I am.
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side are our enemy.
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.
Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our place child labor and raw immigrant girls who would work for next to nothing.
I can't help seeing 'Waste Land' as the third in a triptych with my earlier films 'Devil's Playground' and 'Blindsight,' and not least in the awe and gratitude I feel for the group of people who were courageous enough to share their stories with us - and to live lives so rich in inspiration for us all.
The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished.
The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.
To the extent that I considered the personal burden of harming the people who had trusted me, plus the Agency, or the United States, I wasn't processing that.
I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old.
I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
Like any other person who reads a ton of books, I hate many, many books. Oh, how I hate them. I have performed dramatic readings of the books I hate. I have little hate summaries. I have hate impressions. I can act out, scene by hateful scene, some of these books. I can perform silent hate charades.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
We save limited resources in terms of who we are physically screening. The approach will allow us to pay more attention to those potential terrorists.
As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.'
Steve Carell is good. I like him. Who else? Here's another depressing thing: animation has kind of taken over, too. You know, 'Family Guy?' I watch that because the guy is good.
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.
The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.
There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.
I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.
God bless all who serve or have served our country.
My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.
