The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
I'm really thankful for every experience I've had, even the ones that were puzzling or disorienting, because they taught me so much.
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.
It's really interesting because I'm a Quaker... so it's been radical to me to be hired by the Department of Defense under contract.
I have a quantitative background, but really, derivatives appealed to me because they require so much creativity.
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
No one says the word 'quirky' much in England. I guess because people are more naturally eccentric.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Seattle was a rabid film town in the '70s and '80s because it rained so much.
I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A.
Typecasting is really rampant in Hollywood, and because I played a costumed character and did it successfully, it was a real stigma.
I would have always liked to have worked with Randy Orton because of the Diamond Cutter and the RKO.
There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black.
I take a role because it makes sense to me, rationally.
I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
I got rid of Warlock's lightning bolt because... it was a real pain to draw.
The phrase 'NFL combine' always sounds redundant, because the league is a combine harvester, reaping and threshing everything in its path.
For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.
I don't use the word 'renaissance'. It's flawed because in Latin, it's tied to the rebirth of Christ... It's a word that's tied to a European concept.
Nationalization would likely mean wiping out the big banks' managements and shareholders. It's because that reckoning has mostly been avoided so far that those bankers may be the Americans in the greatest denial of all.
