Art is never defect-free. Things that are remarkable never meet spec, because that would make them standardized, not worth talking about.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

If women had power what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?

In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.

There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art.

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

I'm possessed by love - but isn't everybody?

Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

Music is really something that makes people whole.

People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.