Playing against Croatia would be a dream come true.
There's something quite fascinating with crooks and criminals and all things against the law.
Humiliating events have a way of capturing the public's imagination. So it has been since antiquity, when gladiators were pitted against each other and the legions of Spartacus were crucified in endless rows on the way to Rome.
Perhaps the most telling witness against the claim of accurate history for the Bible comes when we read the earliest narrative of the crucifixion found in Mark's gospel and discover that it is not based on eyewitness testimony at all.
One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.
The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.
I've carried witty banners against laws that would curtail my freedoms.
I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty.
We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.
I never thought I'd be up against Salvador Dali and Roy Disney.
In California, there are huge problems because of dams. I'm against big dams, per se, because I think that they are economically unfeasible. They're ecologically unsustainable. And they're hugely undemocratic.
Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.
To be against something or someone, it's a dangerous thing.
Daring is not safe against daring men.
Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do.
When you're born into a showbiz family, the deck is stacked against you.
The deck has always been stacked against me.
I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.
