My grandmother did all the cooking at Christmas. We ate fattened chicken. We would feed it even more so it would be big and fat.
I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
There is a lot to celebrate about that little Babe who was laid in a manger. Christians celebrate Christmas because they are thankful for the promise of salvation, which was delivered in human flesh and named Jesus.
It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.
Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.
If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination.
I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology.
No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
We need to walk into the future, no matter how unnerving, with open eyes if society is to keep pace with technology.
I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that.
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.
Andy Dufresne: They can't ignore me forever. Warden Samuel Norton: Sure can.
Andy Dufresne: I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.
Buzz: Do you know these life forms? Woody: Yes, they're Andy's toys.
Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.
Of course I prefer to have nature around me, but it doesn't have to be with the exact original vegetation for nostalgic reasons. Nature is moving and making new things.
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
