The happy medium - truth in all things - is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.
A computational device is incapable of developing a mind. We got consciousness not just by being clever.
I can recall photographs of Comrade Ulbricht being embraced by Comrade Brezhnev, which must have been like putting your arms around Grant's Tomb.
I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.
That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.
There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.
Every human being is under construction from conception to death.
Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.
My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.
With screenplays, it's all about being as concise as possible. If you have a scene that's set in a bar, you just have to write, 'Interior: Bar.'
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.
I'm interested in putting something on stage that will have a very wide appeal without being condescending; that will reach an audience and make it part of the dance; that will get everybody in the theater.
We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone.
I found that pottering is very conducive to my creative process, so now, I find myself being incredibly creative because I've got such much to procrastinate with.
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
