Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.
I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.
Don't try to skin your rabbit and keep it as a pet too.
Sometimes the only way to win is to die trying.
Fiscal policy, monetary policy, they need to work together to try and raise the level of growth.
Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.
Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm pathologically shy.
And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.
As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work.
I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.
What we have to be judged by is the work we try to do. It's public service, not perfect service.
I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.
I just want to keep trying to surprise myself and I want to keep challenging myself.
Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it.
But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.
We sing about God because we believe in Him. We are not trying to offend anybody, but the evidence that we have seen of Him in our small little lives trumps your opinion about whether or not He exists.
Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the "hot passion" of the day.
I try to conceal art with art.
As wonderful as it is, not everyone likes magic. Try to only share your magic with people who enjoy it.
You know, catching the knuckleball, it's like trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.
I'm not 21 and trying to prove something with my words.
It's very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can't.
I try to be classic without being mumsy.
I try not to live in the past...but...sometimes the past lives in me
