Participates In Conversation Quotes & Sayings

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. — William Hurt

Shooting in New York can be a problem. I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene. — Richard Gere

I there first felt the impact of time, the force that was pushing me toward forty, the velocity with which life was consumed, the concreteness of the exposure to death: If it's happening to her, I thought, there's no escape, it will happen to me as well. — Elena Ferrante

My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life. — Quincy Jones

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America. — Adam Schiff

There's always something going on on movie sets. Even just from, you know, maybe you come in tired some days and you're not in your best mood. It's different when you're shooting movies because you're on a schedule and you gotta come with your A-game every day. — Ja Rule

The trouble is that organizations like processes. They are warm, familiar things and can be rolled out fairly easily. It is therefore tempting to understand strategy execution as a process, distribute the forms, get everyone to fill them in, and relax. The result will be resentment, rigidity, and stagnation. — Stephen Bungay

I might be asked, 'Do you equally reject the approach which begins with the question "What do modern children need?" - in other words, with the moral or didactic approach?' I think the answer is Yes. Not because I don't like stories to have a moral: certainly not because I think children dislike a moral. Rather because I feel sure that the question 'What do modern children need?' will not lead you to a good moral. If we ask that question we are assuming too superior an attitude. It would be better to ask 'What moral do I need?' for I think we can be sure that what does not concern us deeply will not deeply interest our readers, whatever their age. But it is better not to ask the question at all. Let the pictures tell you their own moral. For the moral inherent in them will rise from whatever spiritual roots you have succeeded in striking during the whole course of your life. But if they don't show you any moral, don't put one in. — C.S. Lewis

A Jewish Native American half-breed orphan playing bagpipes wasn't the sort of impression I ever wanted to make — James Anderson

If you believe that life is worth living then your belief will create the fact. — Arthur Miller

In driving, one assumes the danger of destroying life, beginning with one's own. — Richard T. Kelly

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. — Ogden Nash

Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach. — William Wordsworth