If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.
Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor.
I spend way too much time watching television, going to sports games, going to movies. It struck me that there's an awful lot of data in the public domain for these sectors. The movie industry publishes weekly sales numbers - not many industries do.
Craig Schwartz: You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!
Craig Schwartz (in John Malkovich): You see, Maxine, it isn't just playing with dolls. Maxine: You're right, my darling, it's so much more. It's playing with people!
Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
Lieutenant John Chard: Well, you've fought your first action. Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Does everyone feel like this afterwards? Lieutenant John Chard: How do you feel? Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Sick. Lieutenant John Chard: Well, you have to ...
I had a great time with John Duigan; he's pretty amazing.
The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
War is the health of the state.
Then I will speak upon the ashes.
A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.
Wen das Wort nicht schlägt, den schlägt auch der Stock nicht.
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
