If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.
I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.
I had an amazing time on 'Stargate: Atlantis', and a really great run on that show, which was shot in my hometown. It was kind of a dream job.
I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.
I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
I'm not a very creative person, you know? I'm not really an art person. I'm not a great reader or writer or artist or musician.
You'll never really be great unless you aim high.
One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
Seize every opportunity and make it great.
Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin.
