Baumbach Films Quotes & Sayings

And we're in the middle of a 'perfect storm.' These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world is looking more and more like the for-profit world. The growing gap between rich and poor makes most of us very anxious about where we stand. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

Because Spencer is a certifiable genius, Ford is as ruthless as they come, and I'm an accomplished liar. — J.A. Huss

I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art. — Noah Baumbach

Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words. — Diogenes Laertius

It's funny, I'm very analytical in my real life, but in terms of my films, I try to not analyze them at all and let things just go into them and let them be what they are. I mean, people ask me to this day what 'The Squid and the Whale' stood for, and I have no idea except that it's an exhibit in the Natural History Museum. — Noah Baumbach

A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV. — Noah Baumbach

Holy Saturday. The best reminder that the silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God. — Tullian Tchividjian

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free. — Noah Baumbach

The realisation of our mortality came slowly, in dribs and drabs, until we bleakly acknowledged that everything was on loan to us for a short time - the world, our possessions, the people we knew and loved. But we could not spend our time dwelling on our mortality; we still had to behave as if the worst would not happen, for otherwise we would not do very much, we would be defeated and give up. — Alexander McCall Smith

All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay ... — John Donne

Every great business leader I've ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this, 'Why not me? Screw it, I deserve it, let's go.' And if you don't have that, you can't achieve greatness. — Donny Deutsch

Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you think that it all comes from them. — Rafael Cruz

It may surprise you to know this, but there are children
some of them teenage boys, just like you
who actually carry on open, honest conversations with their mothers."
"I find it very hard to believe that there are other teenage boys just like me." I finished my cereal and stood up. "I also find it a little terrifying. — Dan Wells

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right. — Noah Baumbach

The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting. — George Nelson

Sisters share the scent and smells ... the feel of a common childhood. — Pam Brown

I love the '70s, I'm very into that right now. The long Chloe dresses, very Virgin Suicides. — Elle Fanning

I get paid to play football, not to sit on the bench, I don't enjoy that. Over the years loads of players have been very happy to do that and pick up their money. That used to really wind me up. — Kevin Kilbane

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself. — Phil Crosby

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them. — Noah Baumbach

And when he winked at her, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that
from that moment on, she would do anything for him. — Priscilla Glenn