Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.
Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.
Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.
Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal.
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.
When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed.
I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.
Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.
President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.
In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected.
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.
Every day more Americans watch their jobs being shipped overseas.
Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.