To take intellectual risks is to think about something that can't be done, that doesn't make any sense, and go for it responsibly.
We certainly had an upheaval at the start of the Great Depression, and that resulted in a lot of financial reform, but it wasn't done in one stroke, and it wasn't done immediately. The Depression was in 1929 and resulted in the Securities and Exchange Act of '33, '34, '35, '37, '39, and '41.
Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world.
Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
I love revisiting, actually. I went back to the Philippines. I've done three films in the Philippines.
During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it.
I've rewritten a lot of the scripts I've done. 'Little Shop Of Horrors' was a complete rewrite, but I didn't touch the dialogue. Essentially, I'm a very good editor.
I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.
How to teach people to do what hasn't been done is a great riddle.
If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.
It's my impression that investment in Europe is done for the right reasons. Europe is a very good place to do business; it's a large market.
I really enjoyed working with Guy Ritchie. One, it gave me a career, and two, they're probably a couple of the best films I've ever done.
I'm satisfied with what I've done. I'm not satisfied with what has happened in my career, some of the real roadblocks I had to overcome.
It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy.
I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.
I can remember sittin' in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin' until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.
