The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.
I have never understood why people who can swallow the enormous improbability of a personal God boggle at a personal Devil.
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.
Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of his character or size of his heart.
Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of character or size of his heart.
For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.
You know there is a person inside every baby, right? And anybody who has ever met a baby knows there is already a person in there.
You go into the disease as one person and come out of it as a different person. It has changed my perspective on everything. Things that used to upset me no longer do.
I am a Christian, but I also don't really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.
My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.
One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.
I was the first person in the world to audition for 'The Hobbit'. The casting director told me that when I went in. That's a lot of pressure, isn't it? The first person in the world.
Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.
When one person attempts to “fix it” for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and receiver miss an opportunity for understanding.
If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.
To transform this world into a better place to live, make yourself a better person first.
While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.
