Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aristotle

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

Aristotle

We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality as much as possible, and do all that we can to live in accordance with the highest element within us; for even if its bulk is small, in its power and value it far exceeds everything.

Ben Hecht

The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.'

Ben Horowitz

I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

Ben Kingsley

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.

Ben Kingsley

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

Ben Kingsley

In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn't care what the audience think of you. That's not why you are there. You mustn't care for a second whether the audience likes you or dislikes you. Your villain has to be way beyond that.

Ben Kingsley

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

Ben Kingsley

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

Ben Kingsley

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

Ben Harper

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it

Anne Sullivan

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

Joseph Joubert

Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.

I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.

Alexis Bledel

I think that's what makes life interesting - the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

Alexis Ohanian

I often think of a quote from entrepreneur Jim Rohn: 'You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.' Surround yourself with people who are doing interesting things, who are thinking interesting thoughts, who challenge you to be better, and who come from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. That, combined with appropriate moments of 'me' time, provides the perfect breeding ground for great ideas. And whatever you do, don't get hung up on what competitors are doing. Be aware of what's going on in the industry, but don't let it dictate your own creative process.

Alexis de Tocqueville

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.

Alexis de Tocqueville

The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs, but it imposes them and makes them permeate the thinking of everyone by a sort of enormous pressure of the mind of all upon the individual intelligence.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die. If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord.... We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking that the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others stamp it out themselves.

Alexandre Aja

Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see.

Alexandra Wentworth

I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think.

Alexandra Roach

Actresses are mental on the whole. But I think I'm pretty normal.

Alexandra Ripley

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

Alexei Sayle

People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.

Alexei Sayle

I don't think I'd ever get thin, but I don't see why I should necessarily think that I couldn't You can't live your life for your routines.

Alexei Sayle

I don't think people were that interested in what I was doing for the most of the 1990s.

Alexandre Dumas

Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Little pimple... meet me behind the Luxembourg at 1 o'clock and bring a long wooden box. D'Artagnan: Bring your own... Porthos: [laughs]

Alexandra Cassavetes

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

Alexandra Patsavas

I think it's important to remember that music supervision is not just about a fantastic record collection or knowledge of music, although that certainly helps for aspiring music supervisors.

Alexandra Patsavas

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

Alexandra Kerry

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down.

Alexandra Kotur

I just think this whole thing about not wearing anything twice, I just don't understand it. I think things should be worn. You should bond with your clothing. It should be yours.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

You have to win something for people to think about you.