The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.
I don't think they knew very much about the war in Korea at all.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It's true, I don't like the real world.
If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
I'm always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.
When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.
The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.
I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into the theater.
Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience.
Quite the opposite. I might fall on my face, but I feel born again.
You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.
I don't mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is spent effectively with a high return. That works out fine. If you accumulate debts and waste your money, that's, of course, a disaster.
Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?
I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.
There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.
If you're talking down to the audience, no matter how brutish it is, they know it and they hate you for it.
Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
