Ed Harris Quotes
Muslims must learn that if they make belligerent and fanatical claims upon the tolerance of free societies, they will meet the limits of that tolerance.
Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical) characteristics, which have no deeper meaning.
The act of catching yourself wandering and coming back to your breath is a bicep curl for your brain.
Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again. Oh, no.
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.
The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
It is as though a portal in time has opened, and the Christians of the 14th century are pouring into our world.
The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.
Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value.
Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality.
What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives.
The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else. But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.
So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always headed toward eternity Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee
We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
Happiness, it turns out, is a skill-one that you can train, just like you train your body in the gym. This is the next big public health revolution. Get on board.
Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in the lion.
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.
May I suggest a drinking game where everytime I do a ridiculously long awkward blink, someone does a shot of some kind of alcohol?
I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.
Prepare like no other, know that there was nothing left for you to do when it's all said and done. This way a loss is just a stat. The better man will always win if he prepared like no other.
Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl
You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.
When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
Once it's everybody's responsibility and not just the household's we start making better investments.
The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves.
The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
Once I pull up to the stadium, for me it's all business. This is my job and I take it really serious.
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern brethren.
Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.
I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.
Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting a new art form we don't understand as the product of a deranged mind?