J. J. Abrams Quotes

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

I consider myself a bassist first.

We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

Mystery is more important than knowledge.

It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies

Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.

I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.

Life without literature is a life reduced to penury.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.

I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.

Whenever I'm feeling kind of down or something like that, or even good, the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen is a go-to song of mine. It's like watching a movie, but with your ears.

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.

The Sacred Bombshell knows that her creative feminine energy is a catalyst. She remembers her womb wisdom.

Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.

I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.

The Rotary Club will do the work, because business people are busy. But the impact and the value of this will be to the business.

It's not a bad way to live once you let go of the idea that you deserve more.

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor.

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.

You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.

I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.

In my spare time I like watching TV, laying on the couch, just chillin'.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle.

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.