Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed. Use this quote
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests. Use this quote
Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess. Use this quote
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. Use this quote
The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels. Use this quote
Old age is no place for sissies. Use this quote
You cannot find peace by avoiding life. Use this quote
Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history. Use this quote
What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good, healthy food at affordable prices so that people don't have to opt for food that is unhealthy and unhygienic. Use this quote
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you. Use this quote
For me, first, it's finding quiet in my life - and I do that through yoga and meditation. It's also been a matter of changing the way I eat, because I think what we eat can inform who we are; food is a chemical and a drug to a certain extent. Use this quote
As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal. Use this quote
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Use this quote
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. Use this quote
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers. Use this quote
Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination. Use this quote
The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests. Use this quote
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. Use this quote
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. Use this quote
To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost. Use this quote