Benjamin Quotes

The art of getting riches consists very much in thrift. All men are not equally qualified for getting money, but it is in the power of every one alike to practice this virtue.

Great faith it needs, according to my view, To trust in that which never could be true.

If we don't hang together, by Heavens we shall hang separately

But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.

I do that with all of my characters. They have one of the flaws I have, and I zero in on that flaw.

Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but as people. They gain a lot of compassion, and it's easier to accept their flaws.

The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.

I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light.

I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images based on what happens, as it happens.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it.

I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences.

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I can just live a life where I'm surrounded by people that I love.

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I don't know how long I'll be there, but I like it right now.

I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.

At the Cardiff World Cup I really would like to make the final. The favorites are still Peter, Daniele or Vavra, but I will try to do my best in order to be closest as possible to these athletes.

I'm also conscious of what this confidence that has been placed in me means. I'm going to the Games through the back door but I'm working everyday to exit through the main door!

There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he's most playful. I think Rupert is really adept at comedy; I think that's where his strength lies.

I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.

I wasn't terribly aware of Catwoman. She was a DC comics character and as a kid, I wasn't terribly fond of the DC comics characters. I was a Marvel boy.

Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.

I count it as a major victory to not only be on a series that's had a full season run, but to actually be on one that's gotten picked up for a second season.

I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

I have no particular career agenda.

Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your children to give them a proper start in life.

I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form.

I believe there's a huge distinction between un macho and a real man. I don't think you have to be one to be another.

No matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you're from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that's always funny.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.

I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.

The model of a composer.

Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

The difference is no less real because it is of degree.

Danger invites rescue. ... The wrongdoer may not have foreseen the coming of a deliverer. He is accountable as if he had.

The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.

The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.

Secular progressivism, which attempts to remove God from the public square, is not consistent with the principles that established the USA.

Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity.

Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.