Answers Quotes - Page 91

Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

I do struggle with the fact that I don't have all the answers.

How do we break this cycle of adding to the unconsciousness on the planet? The answer lies in seeing that our true nature consists ONLY of love, and so that is ALL we have to give [and see] when we know ourselves as that.

How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer.

Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing.' There is a thing in the book that I do every time, it's part of my production structure. He said when you're hiring an actor, ask them what draws them to the project, and don't lead them to the answer.

little life lesson 23: before making a snide comment about someone else's outfit, check to see if you're wearing knee boots with fringe. if you answer yes, drop it. just do.

Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you were from... Republican women picked Oprah as the most admired woman, followed by Sarah Palin. Democratic women said Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman, followed by Oprah Winfrey. Independents also picked Oprah Winfrey, followed by Diane Sawyer.

Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a good sentence, without at all seeing the force of either the one or the other.

There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.

For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!

If you care about the animals, actually, organic might not be the best answer because now we have organic feedlots, organic factory farms. If you care about the environment - pesticides, especially - organic is the answer.

I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.

If you get the access to see history happen, do you understand the history when it does happen? And the answer to that question is no, you dont.

Part of the role of a thought leader is not to necessarily have all the answers - I certainly don't - but it's to be able to ask the right questions and the privilege of being able to lead the conversation.

It is boring to have all the answers. Only political people have answers.

I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible work I can before I exit.

You can answer your own question. You already know the answer, if you can just gain access to it.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

He was an answer to a question she'd forgotten to ask.

Ask the river, where it comes from? You will get no answer. Ask the river, where is it going? You will get no answer, because the river lives inside this very moment; neither in the past nor in the future, in this very moment only!

If you want to know how fast the time is, here is the answer: Tomorrow is already a history!

If you see a lonely homeless, ask this question: Where the hell the society is? And here is the answer: It is rotten and enjoying somewhere!

Think about the answers of the questions that have not yet been asked! When they are asked, you will have the answers ready!

If you're offended, what the Supreme Court has said the answer to speech you do not like is not less speech, it's more speech. There are many people in America who don't get that.