Ed Harris Quotes
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
Many people feel "guilty" about things they shouldn't feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.
People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
It's incredible to be working with Mr Armani and his team at Emporio Armani. I feel an affinity to the brand ethos and have been a long time admirer of their designs.
Endings must come naturally, you're supposed to let it happen, not just to make it happen like that.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them.
The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and scientific research.
We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.
There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to.
People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.
I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.
I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.
As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
Who wants a bag of bones?” he said, with absolute sincerity. “I don’t want to hurt myself on the sharp edges of the woman I’m bedding.
At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.
I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
Always go onward; returning to a favored place you will only find your old footsteps washed away.
I am one of the few people I know of who has argued in print that torture may be an ethical necessity in our war on terror.
Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.
Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.
The problem of human suffering is never too much rational thinking, or too high a demand for evidence. But the solutions are. ... Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love.
Energy is always paramount when hosting a live show, because you need every synapse firing, so you can think fast on your feet.
Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck.
Cancer had a chance to break me down, but I was determined to fight back with strength and positivity.
God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.
I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me. -Eric
Could I tell them I was sorry their loved one was dead, when he’d tried to kill me? There was no rule of etiquette for this; even my grandmother would have been stymied.
Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity.
Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.
I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.
When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else.
I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded but because of the love I have for you. -- Eric Northman
