The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage, because he cannot conceal himself and his true personality from his audience.
My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that.
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
I love the idea of expanding the universe of games to some extent. At one point, they were kind of limited to boys, fanboys and whatever. I like the idea of liberation for games.
To some extent a life of celibacy is a picture of how all of us are to live, containing our passions for God’s purposes.
My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs.
The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.
I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.
A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same.
I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.
