When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.
Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.
From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had.
The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it’s a mistake to make a habit of it.
Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.
Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable.
One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.
Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.
The ability for a person to operate satisfactorily in a thing is dependent on how much he knows about that thing. Ignorance is a major cause of inability.
The things you do for yourself are gone when you're gone, but the things you do for others become legacy.What do you wanna be remembered as?
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them.
I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.
When it comes to comedy, it might be interesting to know why an airplane works, but really? Maybe it's better not to know why certain things work. Just fly the thing, and if nothing falls apart, you'll be fine.
I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.
I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging.
Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.
I blame my work for a lot of things. I thank my work for a lot of things, too, but the trouble with being so passionately involved in work is that it becomes like a lover, like your partner, because it nourishes you.
